Detail from early plat map of the Faison-Ligon addition in La Grange showing the location of the Freedmen’s School in Lot 1 of Block 512 – Original Map Courtesy of Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives
A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical Commission
On March 3, 1865, during the closing days of the American Civil War, the Freedmen’s Bureau was established. Although a part of the United States War Department, one of the Bureau’s tasks was to establish and maintain freedmen’s schools for newly emancipated black children and adults, most of whom were illiterate.
