Phoenix Society (New York) Explained

The Phoenix Society, was a mutual aid society for African Americans and education, "an organization dedicated to 'morals, literature and the mechanical arts'".^{[1] [2]} It was founded in 1833 by Samuel Cornish, Theodore Wright, Peter Williams Jr., and Christopher Rush in New York City. They had support from the philanthropist brothers Arthur and Lewis Tappan. Many people associated with the Phoenix Society attended the New York Manumission Society’s African Free School in New York City.^[3]

They set up the Phoenix High School for Colored Youth, first for boys, where Henry Highland Garnet studied, followed quickly by a high school for girls.^[4]

See also

• Phoenixonian Institute, first African American secondary school in California founded by William's grandson

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: encyclopedia.com. Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Michael F.. Hembree. 1996. September 30, 2019. Wright, Theodore Sedgwick. https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wright-theodore-sedgwick. September 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190930144541/https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wright-theodore-sedgwick. live.
2. Book: Carrillo, Karen Juanita . African American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events: A Reference Guide to Events . 2012-08-22 . ABC-CLIO . 978-1-59884-361-3 . 95 . en.
3. Book: Duane, Anna Mae . Educated for Freedom: The Incredible Story of Two Fugitive Schoolboys Who Grew Up to Change a Nation . February 2022 . NYU Press . 978-1-4798-1671-2 . 36 . en.
4. Book: Williams, Jr. , Donald E . Prudence Crandall's legacy : the fight for equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education. Middletown, Connecticut. Wesleyan University Press. 2014. 9780819574701.