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    <abstract id="aspace_8f06841acf466c3390e6576c45c15101">Papers which relate to the American Missionary Society's Schools for Freedmen operated by the Society in Virginia and West Virginia. Includes correspondence, teacher's monthly reports, and the superintendent's monthly reports for West Virginia schools located at Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown, Charles Town, Martinsburg, and Charleston.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], American Missionary Society Papers, A&amp;M 2224, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="ingest">African Americans - Schools for Freedmen.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans.</subject>
    <subject source="local_LC">Schools -- Berkeley County (W. Va.)</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Freedmen's Schools.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Jefferson County - Schools.</subject>
    <subject source="local_LC">Schools -- Berkeley County (W. Va.)</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Schools - Jefferson County.</subject>
    <subject source="local_LC">Schools -- West Virginia</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Slavery - Schools for Freedmen.</subject>
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