Yardley Warner Explained

Yardley Warner (1815 - 1885) was a Quaker educator, lawyer, and minister who helped establish schools for African Americans after the American Civil War.[1]

Warner was born in Pennsylvania. He established the neighborhood now known as Warnersville in Greensboro, North Carolina selling lots to African Americans.[2] In 1876 he established Warner Institute in Jonesboro, Tennessee.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Warner, Yardley | NCpedia. dev.ncpedia.org.
  2. Web site: Yardley Warner. Greensboro Daily Photo.
  3. Web site: Warner Institute - Jonesborough - TN - US. Historical Marker Project.
  4. Book: Yardley Warner, the freedman's friend : his life and times : with his journal and letters reproduced in an appendix. 1957. 2023-09-03. Stafford Allen Warner. Yardley Warner. Janet Whitney.

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