Peabody Education Fund
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peabody-education-fund-265-3216540
title:
Peabody Education Fund
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The Peabody Education Fund was established by George Peabody in 1867, after the American Civil War, for the purpose of promoting "intellectual, moral, and industrial education in the most destitute portion of the Southern States" except schools for newly freed African Americans. The main purpose of the fund was to aid elementary education by strengthening existing schools. Because it was restricted from founding new schools, it largely did not benefit freedmen in the South; only 6.5% of its disb
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Southern American educational fund
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peabody_Education_Fund
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2024-01-20T17:52:19Z
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