Fairview

School

Fairview

Teachers

Mary Gertrude Smallsbeck

Description

The Fairview school was one of several Freedmen’s Bureau schools in Harford County, Maryland. According to Freedmen’s Bureau records the Fairview school existed and operated as early as 1868. However, during the school’s first few years the school operated out of a cellar rather than a school building. A letter from the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People dated June 8, 1869 by John Core (Actuary) stated that the people of Fairview had secured a deed for a lot for a school house. Core went on to state “that there is no place in Maryland where the people have received help, aid, or where they are more deserving.” Core then proceeded to add his name to Fairview’s request for aid to construct a building.

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