African American School Site
The one-room frame public school, organized shortly after the Civil War, housed 76 students and 1 teacher by 1870. The school term lasted 1 month and 10 days. Jane Harris Hunter, founder of the Phillis Wheatley centers for working girls, attended the school for 3 years. She wrote the book, A
Nickel and a Prayer. Vance Street is named after the family of Rev. Augustus Thomas Vance, who served as the school trustee.
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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by National Alumni Association, Anderson County Training School and Riverside School
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