John Chavis
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N 37° 47.195 W 079° 26.650
17S E 636997 N 4183276
Marker about the first college-educated men of color in the United States at what is now Washington and Lee University
Waymark Code: WM16R6H
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2022
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John Chavis (1763 – 1838), a free-born African-American veteran of the American Revolution was a native of Granville County, North Carolina. He was also one of the first college-educated men of color in the United States. Chavis studied at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1792 and attended Liberty Hall Academy (present-day Washington and Lee University) in 1796. The Lexington Presbytery licensed him to preach in 1800. Chavis returned to North Carolina where he taught free blacks in the evenings and white students by day. One of the latter was Willie P. Mangum who became a U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
Department of Historic Resources, 2006
Marker Number: I-24
Marker Title: John Chavis
Marker Location: On Washington Street north of Lee Avenue, Lexington
County or Independent City: Lexington
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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