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Jennie Dean

African-American slave, educator · United States · On the map · Educators · Lived 1848 to 1913 · aged 65

Jane Serepta Dean was born into slavery in northern Virginia, freed as a result of the American Civil War, and became an important founder of churches and Sunday Schools for African Americans in northern Virginia.

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Dean founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth, which for more than four decades was the only institution of secondary education available to African-American youth in Northern Virginia, and one of only two in the state without overt religious affiliation.

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Country
United States
Category
Educators
Type
Educator
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1848 to 1913 · aged 65