Samuel C. Armstrong
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Sep 12, 2026
speaker_3NARRATOR
The greatest success of the Freedmen's Bureau lay in the planting of the free school among Negroes and the idea of free elementary education among all classes in the South.
speaker_3NARRATOR
It not only called the schoolmistresses through the benevolent agencies and built them schoolhouses, but it helped discover and support such apostles of human culture as Edmund Ware, Samuel Armstrong, and Erastus Cravath.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The opposition to Negro education in the South was at first bitter and showed itself in ashes, insult, and blood.
speaker_3NARRATOR
For the South believed an educated Negro to be a dangerous Negro.
Toria's UncleNARRATOR
The greatest success of the Freedmen's Bureau lay in the planting of the free school among Negroes and the idea of free elementary education among all classes in the South.
Toria's UncleNARRATOR
It not only called the school mistresses through the benevolent agencies and built them schoolhouses, but it helped discover and support such apostles of human culture as Edmund Ware, Samuel Armstrong, and Erastus Cravath.
Toria's UncleNARRATOR
The opposition to Negro education in the South was at first bitter and showed itself in ashes, insult, and blood.
Toria's UncleNARRATOR
For the South believed an educated Negro to be a dangerous Negro.
JasonNARRATOR
A few days after he heard the conversation about Hampton, he heard that Mrs. Ruffner wanted a servant.
JasonNARRATOR
She was the wife of General Lewis Ruffner, the owner of the salt furnaces and the coal mines.
JasonNARRATOR
The lady, Mrs. Viola Ruffner, was said to be very strict with her servants and consequently no servant would stay with her long at a time.
JasonNARRATOR
When Booker heard that she was looking for another servant, he decided to apply for the place.
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speaker_1NARRATOR
If they were to become good citizens, they must have the proper training.
speaker_1NARRATOR
A great many good men in the North and in the South recognized this fact and set to work to establish schools.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Among these men was General Samuel C. Armstrong.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The General's parents had been missionaries to Hawaii.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
Dr. J.L.M. Curry spoke for it.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
The American Missionary Association, the Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian Missionary and Educational Societies sent in memorials signed by men like Michael Strebe and Samuel C. Armstrong of Hampton.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
State school superintendents from Georgia, Maryland, and South Carolina sent in letters.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
W.T. Harris of the Bureau of Education was heartily in favor, and Southern congressmen like Wade Hampton, Vance of North Carolina, Brown and Colquitt of Georgia, Lamar and George of Mississippi, Call of Florida, Pugh of Alabama, Bayard of Delaware, and Beck of Kentucky voted for the bill.
Lola JaneyNARRATOR
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.
Lola JaneyNARRATOR
Samuel C. Armstrong.
Lola JaneyNARRATOR
Boys and girls, I wonder how many of you have heard of Samuel C. Armstrong, General Armstrong, the founder of Hampton Institute in Virginia.
Lola JaneyNARRATOR
General Armstrong was one of the best men who ever lived, and he was the friend of all mankind.
Lola JaneyNARRATOR
His special services were rendered in behalf of Indians and Negroes, the weaker races.