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Lewis Adams

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Lewis Adams

Birth
Macon County, Alabama, USA
Death
30 Apr 1905 (aged 62)
Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, USA
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Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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A former slave and leader of the African-American community in Tuskegee, Alabama who was instrumental in securing funding from the State of Alabama in 1880 for the creation of the negro normal school in Tuskegee--later to become Tuskegee Institute and Tuskegee University. As a member of the first three-man board of the normal school he and the other board members hired Booker T. Washington to be the first principal of the new school. Like Lewis Adams, Dr. Washington embraced the concept that former slaves needed practical job skills to support themselves and their families. He was married to "Sallie" Sarah Adams with whom he had sixteen children.
A former slave and leader of the African-American community in Tuskegee, Alabama who was instrumental in securing funding from the State of Alabama in 1880 for the creation of the negro normal school in Tuskegee--later to become Tuskegee Institute and Tuskegee University. As a member of the first three-man board of the normal school he and the other board members hired Booker T. Washington to be the first principal of the new school. Like Lewis Adams, Dr. Washington embraced the concept that former slaves needed practical job skills to support themselves and their families. He was married to "Sallie" Sarah Adams with whom he had sixteen children.

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  • Created by: GLA3
  • Added: Jun 21, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38612505/lewis-adams: accessed ), memorial page for Lewis Adams (27 Oct 1842–30 Apr 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38612505, citing Ashdale Cemetery, Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by GLA3 (contributor 46553392).