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Alphonso Sumner was a free African American who opened [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]'s first Black school<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pentecost |first=Jerry |title=This Black History Month, discover important Black contributions to Nashville {{!}} Opinion |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2022/02/09/get-familiar-nashvilles-rich-black-history-opinion/6704672001/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=The Tennessean |language=en-US}}</ref>. Mr. Sumner was also a barber, a newspaper publisher, and a Northern [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=deGregory |first=Crystal A. |date=2015-02-17 |title=Nashville's Clandestine Black Schools |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/nashvilles-clandestine-black-schools/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Opinionator |language=en}}</ref> |
Alphonso Sumner was a free African American who opened [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]'s first Black school<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pentecost |first=Jerry |title=This Black History Month, discover important Black contributions to Nashville {{!}} Opinion |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2022/02/09/get-familiar-nashvilles-rich-black-history-opinion/6704672001/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=The Tennessean |language=en-US}}</ref>. Mr. Sumner was also a barber, a newspaper publisher, and a Northern [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=deGregory |first=Crystal A. |date=2015-02-17 |title=Nashville's Clandestine Black Schools |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/nashvilles-clandestine-black-schools/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Opinionator |language=en}}</ref> |
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He opened his school March 4, 1833 with about 20 students. The school grew to have a student body of around 200 by 1836. The majority of the pupils were free Black children, but a few may have been enslaved. The rapid growth of the school led him to hire Daniel Wadkins be a teacher. Sumner was nearly whipped to death by white vigilantes as he was accused in helping two runaway slaves. Soon afterward he moved to [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]] where he worked as an abolitionist<ref name=":0" />. |
He opened his school March 4, 1833 with about 20 students. The school grew to have a student body of around 200 by 1836. The majority of the pupils were free Black children, but a few may have been enslaved. The rapid growth of the school led him to hire Daniel Wadkins be a teacher. In 1936 Sumner was nearly whipped to death by white vigilantes as he was accused in helping two runaway slaves. Soon afterward he moved to [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]] where he worked as an abolitionist<ref name=":0" />. |
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In Cincinnati, Sumner was a publisher for the Disfranchised American, that city's first Black newspaper<ref name=":0" />. |
In Cincinnati, Sumner was a publisher for the Disfranchised American, that city's first Black newspaper<ref name=":0" />. |
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Revision as of 18:11, 15 February 2024
Alphonso Sumner was a free African American who opened Nashville, Tennessee's first Black school[1]. Mr. Sumner was also a barber, a newspaper publisher, and a Northern abolitionist[2]
He opened his school March 4, 1833 with about 20 students. The school grew to have a student body of around 200 by 1836. The majority of the pupils were free Black children, but a few may have been enslaved. The rapid growth of the school led him to hire Daniel Wadkins be a teacher. In 1936 Sumner was nearly whipped to death by white vigilantes as he was accused in helping two runaway slaves. Soon afterward he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he worked as an abolitionist[2].
In Cincinnati, Sumner was a publisher for the Disfranchised American, that city's first Black newspaper[2].
References
- ^ Pentecost, Jerry. "This Black History Month, discover important Black contributions to Nashville | Opinion". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ a b c deGregory, Crystal A. (2015-02-17). "Nashville's Clandestine Black Schools". Opinionator. Retrieved 2024-02-15.