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Hampton and the Hampton Institute Story of Indian and Colored Education
Correspondent writes from Hampton Va detailing the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. The piece outlines the school’s history, costs, and labor program for Indian and colored students, its moral aims, dormitories, and workshops including carpentry, sewing, and printing. It praises graduates and notes up to 500 Indians educated there with many becoming teachers and tradespeople.
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Virginia Hall
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Ben Butler
Hampton
Normal and Agricultural Institute of
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Maine
Georgia
Oregon
Florida
C. Armstrong
Sandwich Islands
Gen. Armstrong
Interior Department
Virginia
Congress
Hampton Singers
Fiske Jubilee Singers
Ghia
Helen W. Ludlow
West
Huntingdon
Millonaire
C. P. Huntingdon
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Lynn
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