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Summary: African Free School No. 2 was the first school for blacks in America. A number of notable leaders were taught at the African Free School during the 1820s including James McCune Smith, Patrick Reason and Henry Highland Garnet.
Summary: African Free School No. 2 was the first school for blacks in America. A number of notable leaders were taught at the African Free School during the 1820s including James McCune Smith, Patrick Reason and Henry Highland Garnet.