Union Academy (Gainesville, Florida)
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Union Academy (Gainesville, Florida)
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The Union Academy was a school founded with the aid of the Freedmen's Bureau in Gainesville, Florida in 1867. It was the first school for African Americans in Gainesville and Alachua County, and provided a free quality education to African Americans when public schools in Alachua County were struggling. The Union Academy was eventually absorbed into the county school system, and remained in operation until 1923. At the beginning of the Civil War, African Americans, mostly slaves, were 54% of the
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Former school for freedmen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Academy_(Gainesville,_Florida)
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2021-10-11T23:56:08Z
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