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Standing near the entrance to Hampton University, the Emancipation Oak was the site of Mary Peakes first classroom for the many African Americans who escaped slavery to freedom at Fort Monroe in 1861. In 1863 African Americans gathered there to hear the words of the Emancipation Proclamation. from Hampton Institute, Everyday Life at Hampton Institute (1907) http://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/exhibits/show/remaking-virginia/item/420
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