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Employment agreement of Sallie L. Daffin
American Missionary Association
Amistad Research Center
New Orleans, United States
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.
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- Title: Employment agreement of Sallie L. Daffin
- Creator: American Missionary Association
- Subject Keywords: American Missionary Association, African American teachers
- Type: document
- Rights: Physical rights are retained by the Amistad Research Center. The materials in this exhibition are being made available for personal and scholarly research use only. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. If you are the rightful copyright holder of an item represented in this exhibition and wishes to have it removed, please submit a request to reference@amistadresearchcenter.org including proof of ownership and clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.
- Repository: Amistad Research Center
- Extent: 2 p.
- Date: 1864-03-07
- Collection: American Missionary Association Archives
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