Up from Slavery: resumen de Chapter 8

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1. Washington opens the school on July 4, 1881, with thirty students, despite doubts among some white residents.
2. He finds students eager to learn but weak in basic knowledge and its everyday uses.
3. Olivia A. Davidson joins as co-teacher, and they plan instruction in hygiene, trades, farming, and community leadership.
4. General J.F.B. Marshall lends Washington personal funds for the initial payment on an abandoned plantation.
5. Students repair farm buildings for classes, then follow Washington’s example in clearing and planting about twenty acres.
6. Davidson organizes fundraising suppers, and neighbors contribute money and goods, including an elderly woman’s six eggs.

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