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In 1868 in Hampton, Virginia, Samuel Chapman Armstrong founded Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute as a nondenominational and coeducational school where young African Americans were to be trained as teachers.
Booker T. Washington Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was founded in 1868 by General Samuel Armstrong. He was interested in moral training and a practical, industrial education for southern blacks.
Brigadier General Samuel Armstrong, the Superintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, opened opened Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute on April 21, 1868. Teachers trained at the institute got experience by practicing at the adjacent Butler School, which in 1889 became known as the Whittier School.
The Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School, later called the Hampton Institute, was founded in 1868 after the war by the biracial leadership of the American Missionary Association, who were chiefly Congregational and Presbyterian ministers.
On April 1, 1868, Armstrong opened Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute with a simple declared purpose.
Feb 11, 2007 · Hampton University, located on the shore of Chesapeake Bay in Hampton, Virginia, was founded in 1868 by Samuel Chapman Armstrong, the son of a prominent missionary family that settled in Hawaii in the early 1800s. Armstrong was enrolled at Williams College in Massachusetts when the Civil War began. He volunteered for the Union Army, rose ...
Founded April 1, 1868 as Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. President Darrell K. Williams. Location Hampton, Virginia, United States. Campus Size 314 acres. Number of Buildings 118 (Campus Map) Motto “The Standard of Excellence, An Education for Life”. Nickname Pirates. University Colors Reflex Blue and White.
