Vardy Community School
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vardy-community-school-319-1555165
title:
Vardy Community School
text:
The Vardy Community School was a Presbyterian mission school established in the Vardy community of Hancock County, Tennessee, United States, in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. At the time of its founding, the school was the only institution providing primary education to children of the multi-racial Melungeon communities, who lived in the remote mountainous areas along the Tennessee-Virginia border. Part of a segregated system, it was restricted to children considered black or multiracia
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wiki
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United States historic place
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardy_Community_School
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date modified:
2024-04-08T18:19:09Z
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