Sallie L. Daffin was an African American teacher who began her career in a freedmen school of about 230 students near Norfolk, Virginia. In addition to teaching during the day, Daffin also conducted Sunday and evening classes. She later taught in North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. This is Daffin’s employment agreement with the American Missionary Association (AMA). By 1864, 250 teachers and missionaries worked for the AMA in the South.