One night in the chapel, after the usual chapel exercises were over, General Armstrong referred to the fact that he had received a letter from some gentlemen in Alabama asking him to recommend some one to take charge of what was to be a normal school for the coloured people in the little town of Tuskegee in that state. In May, 1881, near the close of my first year in teaching the night–school, in a way that I had not dared expect, the opportunity opened for me to begin my life–work. Frissell, the present Principal of the Hampton Institute, General Armstrong's successor. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today!ĭuring the time that I had charge of the Indians and the night–school at Hampton, I pursued some studies myself, under the direction of the instructors there. The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser.
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