Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
In the year following the close of the Civil War, three Black men in Virginia were recruited by either Alonzo Garcelon or Oren Cheney to come to Maine and attend the Maine State Seminary (the precursor to Bates College). These men -- John Dunjee (or Dungy), Hamilton Keyes (or Keys), and Alexander Sanders (Saunders), attended for the 1866-1867. Unfortunately, because this time predates the student newspaper and the annual President's Report, there is almost no documentary evidence of their time at the school. The information contained in these short biographies has been gathered from internet sources, both contemporary and later.
Recommended Citation
Bates College, "Maine State Seminary Students of Color" (2025). All Bates People Files. 34.
https://scarab.bates.edu/bpf/34