Phoenix Society (New York)
The Phoenix Society, a mutual aid society for African Americans, "an organization dedicated to 'morals, literature and the mechanical arts'",[1] was founded in 1833 by Samuel Cornish, Theodore Wright, Peter Williams Jr., and Christopher Rush. They had support from the philanthropist brothers Arthur and Lewis Tappan. They set up the , first for boys, where Henry Highland Garnet studied, followed quickly by a high school for girls.[2]: 82
References[]
- ^ Hembree, Michael F. (1996). "Wright, Theodore Sedgwick". Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2019 – via encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Williams, Jr., Donald E (2014). Prudence Crandall's legacy : the fight for equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9780819574701.
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- Historically black schools
- Historically segregated African-American schools in New York (state)
- 1833 establishments in New York (state)
- Defunct schools in New York City
- African-American history in New York City
- Antebellum educational institutions that admitted African Americans
- Educational institutions established in the 1830s
- Private high schools in Manhattan