African Free School

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charity school historical educational institution school segregated school

The African Free School was a pioneering early 19th-century New York City institution that provided free education to African American children, including several who became prominent abolitionists and artists.

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Surface form	Occurrences
African Free School (New York City)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	charity school ⓘ historical educational institution ⓘ school ⓘ segregated school ⓘ
category	Abolitionism in the United States ⓘ African-American history of New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ Education for African Americans before desegregation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
curriculum	arithmetic ⓘ moral instruction ⓘ reading ⓘ religious instruction ⓘ writing ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished	mid-19th century ⓘ
educationLevel	elementary education ⓘ primary education ⓘ
foundedBy	Alexander Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Manumission Society NERFINISHED ⓘ other members of the New York Manumission Society ⓘ
historicalSignificance	important site of early African American intellectual life ⓘ one of the earliest formal schools for African Americans in the United States ⓘ pioneering institution for Black education in New York City ⓘ trained many leaders of the 19th-century Black abolitionist movement ⓘ
inception	1787 ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedInto	New York City public school system NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAlumnus	Alexander Crummell NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles L. Reason NERFINISHED ⓘ George T. Downing NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Highland Garnet NERFINISHED ⓘ Ira Aldridge NERFINISHED ⓘ James McCune Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick H. Reason NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Ringgold Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ future Black artists ⓘ other future abolitionists ⓘ
numberOfCampuses	multiple schools in New York City ⓘ
operatedBy	New York Manumission Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedIn	19th century ⓘ
originalPurpose	to educate children of enslaved and free Black people ⓘ to provide free education to African American children ⓘ
pedagogicalApproach	Lancasterian system NERFINISHED ⓘ monitorial system ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Quaker influence ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
studentBody	African American children ⓘ Black children in New York City ⓘ

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Ira Aldridge → educatedAt → African Free School ⓘ

Henry Highland Garnet → educatedAt → African Free School ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Free School (New York City)