First hand accounts about Gum Springs and Freedman “colored” schools
Title
First hand accounts about Gum Springs and Freedman “colored” schools
Description
This first-hand account of colored schools in the Mount Vernon and Sully school districts in Fairfax County are taken from diary entries and letters.
Source
They were published in African American Landowners, Churches, Schools and Businesses, Fairfax County, Virginia (1860-1900) brochure, text by Guinevere Jones, Brian Sales, Theora Austin, and Edith Sprouse, 2009.
Date
1868 and 1871
Citation
"First hand accounts about Gum Springs and Freedman “colored” schools ," in Teaching with Laurel Grove School, Item #51, https://chnm.gmu.edu/laurelgrove/items/show/51 (accessed February 1, 2022).