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Henry Martin Tupper (April 11, 1831 – November 12, 1893) was an American Baptist minister who founded Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Beginning with bible and literacy classes in December 1865, it was the second university established for African Americans following the end of the civil war, and the second oldest historically ...
Dec 1, 2009 · December 1865: Henry Martin Tupper and the Founding of Shaw University – NC Miscellany. This Month in North Carolina History. Massachusetts native Henry Martin Tupper (1831-1893) attended Amherst College and Newton Theological Seminary before enlisting in the Union Army in 1862.
Henry Martin Tupper (1831-1893), an honorary discharge from the Union Army, was a very important figure in the education of blacks during the Reconstruction period of the Civil War because he funded Shaw University.
SHAW UNIVERSITY. ARCHIVES. Dr. Henry Martin Tupper, Founder and First President 1865-1893. History. Shaw University , an institution of higher learning for African Americans (Negroes), was founded December 1, 1865, when a theological class was formed in the old Guion Hotel where the State Museum now stands.
Henry Martin Tupper founded the university, originally named Raleigh Theological Institute, in Raleigh, North Carolina. A former Union soldier, Tupper went south with his wife in 1865 as a missionary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York.
Written By Adrienne Dunn. Missionary Henry Martin Tupper founded Shaw University, a private African American college, in 1865. Within a few years, he realized that a medical school for African American was needed, so in 1880, the university’s trustees established Leonard Medical School.
Dec 1, 2009 · This Month in North Carolina – Henry Martin Tupper and the Founding of Shaw University. Check out our latest installment of This Month in North Carolina History here! In December 1865, Henry Martin Tupper began teaching Bible study classes to African Americans studying to become Baptist ministers.
