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Thursday, January 24, 2019 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History

Leonora T. Jackson–Early Asheville School Teacher Was Born a Slave

Lenora T. Jackson 1859-1950 Leonora Tecumseh Jackson died in Asheville in 1950 at the age of 91. Her brief obituary mentioned the schools where she had taught and simply stated that she was “a teacher of 62 years.” Leonora was born in 1859 in Halifax County to Caroline Garrett and Andrew Jackson. She had two
Andrew T. JacksonCatholic Hill SchoolEarly Education for BlacksLeonora T. JacksonShaw UniversitySlaves

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