Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 574
i-gious bodies throughout the coun-try took a hand in the good work,by establishing special missionaryboards for work in the South. Pri-vate benevolence lent substantialassistance. George Peabody, the philanthropist, and John F. Slater, both founded trusts which they richlyendowed to aid in the… … BOOKKK T. WASHINGTON. 640 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIX™ CENTURY Within recent years, negro education has assumed a new and interestingphase. Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Indus-trial Institute, Alabama, is the leading educator of the Afro-Americans, andhe has won his…
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