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Emancipation Oak-Hampton University

Marker ID: W88 Title: Emancipation Oak
Location: East Tyler Street and ramp to I-64 near the entrance to Hampton University. Description: "To the west, on the grounds of Hampton Institute, is the tree under which Mrs. Mary Peake, a freedwoman, taught children of former slaves in 1861. Nearby stood the Butler School, a free school established in 1863 for colored children."  

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