We want a school, we need a Teacher 1870-1872

After Black legislator William Golding asked the American Missionary Association for a teacher in 1870, abolitionist Eliza Ann Ward arrived to open a freedmen's school here, the seed of what grew into Dorchester Academy.

We want a school, we need a Teacher 1870-1872 is a historical marker in Midway, Liberty County, erected in 2004. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Liberty County, among 81 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.8016, -81.4648 near Midway. The nearest cataloged historic site is Midway Congregational Church 1872 - Present (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dorchester Academy, Dorchester Academy Boy's Dormitory, and Liberty County Citizen's Council 1946 - 1953.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.