Department of History & Government
American Missionary Association Reports
AMA Teacher’s Report
Description: The American Missionary Association (AMA) was formed in 1846 in Albany, New York to advocate for abolition of slavery, education for African Americans, the promotion of racial equality, and spreading Christian values. It played a major role during the Reconstruction Era in promoting education for African Americans in the South by establishing numerous schools and colleges, as well as paying for teachers.
The AMA’s pace of founding schools and colleges increased during and after the war. Altogether, the AMA founded more than five hundred schools and colleges for former slaves during and after the Civil War, spending more money for that purpose than the Freedmen’s Bureau.
Date: March 1867
Creator: N/A
Source: AMA Archives, Fisk University
AMA Report of Mary Sands
Description: Teacher’s Monthly Report. of Mary E. Sands, who taught at Eddy Primary School in Milledgeville, Georgia during March 1867. She also assisted in teaching night school along with sessions in sabbath schools like the Colored Baptist Methodist School.
Date: 1867
AMA Teacher’s Report of Louis B. Toome
Description: AMA report of teacher Louis B. Toomen. for the Bryan St. Free School, located in Chatham County, Georgia. These reports recorded information about the school such as attendance, work hours, and sessions held in the month of March.
Date: 1867
AMA Teacher’s Report, Americus
Description: AMA report for teacher, E.N. Christian and Daughters for Freedmans School. In Americus, Georgia these reports recorded information about the school such as attendance, work hours, and sessions held in the month of March.
Date: 1867
AMA Teacher’s Reports
Description: This includes 3 separate Teacher’s Monthly Reports for Angie M. Brown, Sarah H. Wells, and Ellen B. Hill. Ranging from Eddy High School and Primary School, in Milledgeville, Georgia, these reports detail the attendance and sessions held by each teacher
Date: 1867
AMA Teacher’s Reports of Chatham
Description: This includes 2 separate Teacher’s Monthly Reports for Miss Abbie Case. and May Hilliard. In Chatham, Georgia these reports recorded information of the school such as attendance, work hours, and sessions held in the month of March.
Date: 1867
American Missionary Association Report, Several Counties
Description: Page 1 details an AMA School Report (March 1867) of H.C Foole, a teacher for Lincoln Free School. Located in Macon, Georgia…
Date: 1867,1868