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Mary S. Peake Elementary School


Who was Mary S. Peake?


Mary S. Peake was a free black woman who was born
in 1823 and lived in Hampton, Virginia. She worked as
a dressmaker, but secretly taught African Americans
to read and write during a time when it was illegal for black people to be educated. She established a
school which taught more than 50 children during the day and 20 adults each evening.


Why the "Mighty Oaks"?


Mary S. Peake held most of her teaching sessions under the shade of a large oak tree, located on what is now the campus of Hampton University. In 1863, the first public reading of the Emancipation Proclamation was held under the same tree, now known as the Emancipation Oak.


CONTACT:
E-mail: shicks1@hampton.k12.va.us
Web: pea.hampton.k12.va.us/
Phone: (757) 727-1075
Address: 57 Salina St, Hampton, VA 23669


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