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Frances E. Hall, Devoted Teacher:
On April 20, 1868, Miss Frances E. (Fanny) Hall, a white graduate from Antioch College and teacher from Auburn, New York, took charge of one of the classrooms of the freedmen's school in Barry Farm. Before moving into her own home on Elvans Road, Hall stayed as a guest at the house of Solomon and Lucinda Brown.
Hall's class started with 40 students, but by the time the school year ended she had 60. According to an 1871 report on the schools for African Americans in Washington DC, Hall was "interested in the school and the ... scheme of Barry farm [sic]." Her students and their parents, according to the same report, showed "a deep interest" in the privilege of attending her class. |