The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY CORE. JAMES M. WALDEN, bishop, 1884. One of the founders of the Freedmens Aid Society. general administration. The General Conference districtrepresentatives are the same as those of the Missionary 1100 American Methodism Society Committee; thus the two societies are enabled to co-labor to the best interests of the people needing assistance. The work of the Freedmens Aid Society from the verybeginning assumed considerable importance. On April 6,1866, seventy-five teachers were appointed to work in the. MAIN B
The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY CORE. JAMES M. WALDEN, bishop, 1884. One of the founders of the Freedmens Aid Society. general administration. The General Conference districtrepresentatives are the same as those of the Missionary 1100 American Methodism Society Committee; thus the two societies are enabled to co-labor to the best interests of the people needing assistance. The work of the Freedmens Aid Society from the verybeginning assumed considerable importance. On April 6,1866, seventy-five teachers were appointed to work in the. MAIN BUILDING, CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY, ORANGEBURG, S. C primary and elementary departments. The first yearsreceipts were $37,139. After the General Conference of 1872 adopted the societya few eligible points for training schools were selected and realestate purchased. At first the teachers were all white per-sons, many of them from the North ; but immediate arrange-ments were made for raising up a corps of teachers fromamong the colored people themselves. The receipts from Growth of the Work 1101
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