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] Samuel Cornish , Theodore Wright, Peter Williams Jr. , and Christopher Rush in New York City.[ 2] 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] : 82
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