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Charlotte Forten Grimké
First Black Teacher in Beaufort County
1862
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How this work helped shape America
Educator Charlotte Forten Grimké traveled to South Carolina during the Civil War to teach formerly enslaved students as part of the Port Royal Experiment. She became the first Black teacher in Beaufort County and an early Black educator at the Penn School on St. Helena Island.