Liberty County Schoolchildren

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African American schoolchildren are pictured in Liberty County, circa 1890. The Freedmen's Bureau established numerous schools in Georgia from 1865 to 1870, and local education societies continued to administer the schools after the bureau's closure.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Liberty County Schoolchildren

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