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At the age of 24, Mary Smith Peake secretly taught enslaved, as well as free, African-American children and adults to read and write in 1861. Her first class consisted of 20 students under an oak tree later known as the Emancipation Oak. ( courtesy of Hampton University)
| Date Taken: | 02.08.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 02.21.2017 09:16 |
| Photo ID: | 3177998 |
| VIRIN: | 170208-F-XX999-013 |
| Resolution: | 640x458 |
| Size: | 45.34 KB |
| Location: | HAMPTON, VA, US |
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