CHAPTER VI.

THE FIRST YEAR AT TUSKEGEE.

The Necessity for a Permanent Location for the School Early Seen by the Author--Objections of the Early Students to Manual Labor--Gen. Marshall, Treasurer at Hampton, Lends $500 with which the Present Site of Tuskegee Was Purchased--The Coming of Miss Olivia A. Davidson and Her Valuable Service to the School in Its Early Struggles--The Struggle for Money--Generosity of Both White and Colored Citizens of Tuskegee Towards the Institute--Miss Davidson Goes to Boston in the Interest of the School and Secures Money for the Erection of Porter Hall--More About the Shanty in which the School Was Started and Taught for the First Year--Author is Married to Miss Fannie N. Smith of Malden--Birth of Daughter Portia, and the Mother’s Early Death.