Jennie Dean 1852- 1913 ~Founded Manassas Technical School w/ Dr. P.J. Merrill!

Primary Sources, Black History

Jennie Dean (1852-1913) Undaunted Faith~ Manassas Industrial School & Jennie Dean Memorial The most significant person in the founding of the school was Jane Serepta Dean. Dean was born into slavery in western Prince William County, Virginia around 1852. . Dean was a deeply religious woman Manassas Industrial School & Jennie Dean Memorial Tonight learn more about the school as Dr. Phillip Merrill lectures on the Manassas School! ------------------ Tonight learn more about the school as Dr. Phillip Merrill lectures on the Manassas School! Join Dr. Merrill September 19, 2014. 6:00 pm @ An Artifactual Journey of Nanny Jack & Co.in NYC http://www.jackshainman.com/exhibitions/20th-street --------------- On the site of the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth, this five-acre park is now a park of remembrance for the school’s founder, former slave Jennie Dean. The outlines of the foundations of the original building are marked, and there is a model of the school and a kiosk with an audio program that provides information about Dean and the school’s founding. Dean raised money for the school for almost 10 years before Manassas Industrial was chartered in 1893. The dedication ceremonies were led by orator Frederick Douglass. The History This five-acre archaeological site, dedicated in 1995, is located on the original site of the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth. The school was founded largely through the efforts of a former enslaved woman, Jennie Dean who, after almost a decade of charismatic fundraising, chartered the school on October 7, 1893. The school was designed as a private residential institution providing both academic and vocational training within a Christian setting.