Jacobs Free School, founded by Harriet Jacobs - Original
Summary
Photograph of the Jacobs Free School, which offered tuition-free schooling to African-American children. Founded by Harriet Jacobs, the school was unique in being both free to use, and run by African-Americans (the head of the school was Harriet's daughter, en:Louisa Matilda Jacobs, assisted by another young African-American woman) instead of being led by white abolitionists. Harriet Jacobs is indicated with a small X beneath her.
This photograph was distributed to Northern abolitionists who had helped fund the school.
Tags
Date
1864
Source
Robert Langmuir African American Photograph Collection, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University by way of The Journal of the Civil War Era
Copyright info
public domain
