First Garrison School Chillicothe Missouri

ID: 610 ~ Source: Chillicothe Missouri Helping Hands of House of Prayer,
Grand River Historical Society and Museum ~ Creator: University of Central Missouri Department of History, Glyne Gee

This file appears in: Chillicothe Missouri Garrison/Dabney School

First Garrison School Chillicothe Missouri on 200 block of Conn Street

This file appears in: Chillicothe Missouri Garrison/Dabney School

Chillicothe Missouri Garrison/Dabney School

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, Glyne Gee

In 1833 and 1834, beginning with the New England states, the first African American Garrison schools, named after white abolitionist leader, William Lloyd Garrison, opened. The first Garrison school in Missouri opened around 1850. Chillicothe,…