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African American School, Forsyth County

Circa 1870 photo of the first school for African Americans in Forsyth County. Collection of the Wachovia Historical Society. The school was built near Salem in 1867 on Moravian lands south of Salem Creek.

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African American School near Salem. c.1870. Glass Plate Negative. Digital Forsyth. http://www.digitalforsyth.org/photos/5940 (Accessed November 9, 2018)

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