. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . his own farm-ing operations on rented land near home. GEORGE W. FORT PHILLIPS REV. GEORGE W. F. PHILLIPS, a prominent ministerand educator of the C. M. E. Church, has built for him-self an enduring monument in the Holsey Normal andIndustrial Academy, at Cordele. Professor Phillips is a nativeof Milledgeville, where he was born about eight years before thewar, on February 10, 1853. His father, Rev. Washington Phil-lips, and his mother, Nancy, were both slaves. His paternalgreat grandmother was a native African. H
. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . his own farm-ing operations on rented land near home. GEORGE W. FORT PHILLIPS REV. GEORGE W. F. PHILLIPS, a prominent ministerand educator of the C. M. E. Church, has built for him-self an enduring monument in the Holsey Normal andIndustrial Academy, at Cordele. Professor Phillips is a nativeof Milledgeville, where he was born about eight years before thewar, on February 10, 1853. His father, Rev. Washington Phil-lips, and his mother, Nancy, were both slaves. His paternalgreat grandmother was a native African. His maternal greatgrandmother was born in Maryland. Though not permitted to go to school until after Emancipa-tion, young Phillips had, with the assistance of an older brother,learned to spell in 1861. After Emancipation, he went to schoolfor a short while to a colored man by the name of Peter ONeal,who had by some means secured enough education to teach theless fortunate. In 1866, he started to a school, under theauspices of the American Missionary Association, where he was RF=. GEORGE WASHINGTON FORT PHILLIPS. GEORGIA EDITION 661 maintained by his father till such time as he could secure ateachers license. He then began teaching the Summer schoolsand from that time on found his way easier. In 1870 Prof. Phillips entered Atlanta University and com-pleted the Normal course in 1876. Prior to this time, however,he had taught in Jones and Hancock counties. In 1877 he waselected principal of the Milledgeville school, where he remainedfor two years. He was then chosen principal of the Americuspublic school, which position he held for ten years. Though converted at an early age, and active in the work ofthe church, he did not enter the ministry until 1890. He joinedthe Conference in that year, and was stationed at Cordele, whichat that time was merely a mission with three members. Hekept on with his educational work and after entering the minis-try taught school at Andersonville durin
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