Colored Schools, 1874-1904

       

(D.A. Townsend, staff and students, at Winchester Colored, 1900 Franklin County, TN)

 After the Freemen's Bureau closed, the Franklin County School Board and Black community churches began to open schools throughout the Black communities in Franklin County, Tennessee.  Communities were located in:

• Winchester;
• Harmony/Broadview;
• Old Salem;
• Huntland;
• Center Grove;
• Capitol Hill;
• Alto;
• Cowan;
• Liberty;
• Sherwood;
• Sinking Cove;
• Estelle Springs;
• Sewanee;
• Belvidere;
• Await;
• Penile;
• Decherd;
• Anderson;

More information about the Franklin County, TN., Colored Schools from 1874-1904 can be found in our upcoming Digital Collection.

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