7-15 Penn School
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mikemtn
N 32° 23.266 W 080° 34.588
17S E 539835 N 3583496
Marker at Penn School site at the Penn Center in St. Helena
Waymark Code: WMHT0
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/19/2006
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PENN SCHOOL One of the first schools for blacks in the South, Penn School, was reorganized as Penn Normal, Industrial and Agricultral School in 1901. As a result of this change, incorporating principals of education found at both Tuskegee and Hampton Iinstitutes, Penn became an international model. Its program was removed to the Beaufort County school system in 1948.
Other side....After Union occupation of the sea islands in 1861, two northerners, Laura Towne and Ellen Murray, came to assist the freed blacks of the area establishing Penn School here in 1862. The earliest known black teacher was Charlotte Forten, who traveled all the way from Massachusetts to help her people.
Marker Name: Penn School
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker number: Not listed
County: Not listed
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