British-American Institute
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british-american-institute-188-15363085
title:
British-American Institute
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The British-American Institute of Science and Industry was a school started in 1842 by Josiah Henson near Dresden, Canada West, as part of the Dawn Settlement, a community of freedmen and fugitive slaves. The institute was a school for all ages designed to provide a general education and teacher training. For a short period it was a manual labour school. It was taken over by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1849. The school closed in 1868. Its site is now encompassed by the Josiah
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British-American_Institute
date created:
2006-02-04T03:07:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T00:07:04Z
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