Tom Jenkins (teacher)

Tom Jenkins was Britain's first black school teacher.[1][2] He was a farmhand brought from Upper Guinea, who later spent a brief period studying at the University of Edinburgh. He later travelled to London where he trained and worked as a teacher at the British and Foreign School Society.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Black presence - Work and community". National Archives (UK). Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Tom Jenkins - Britain's first black schoolteacher". Retrieved 22 July 2010.


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