Hampton Classes, 1871-1898

About the Project

In 1871, Hampton Institute graduated its first class comprised of five women and fourteen men. Between 1871 and 1898 the sizes of the graduating classes at Hampton continued to grow. Listed here are the names of every person to graduate from Hampton Institute between 1871 and 1898. Included in this reference book are two of Hampton’s most famous alumni: Booker T. Washington (founder of Tuskegee Institute) and Robert Sengstacke Abbott (founder of the Chicago Defender). Help us transcribe this book and let us know if you find any other notable alumni on its pages.

Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (now Hampton University) was founded in 1868 in Hampton, Virginia, by General Samuel Chapman Armstrong with the support of the American Missionary Association. In its early days, Hampton trained African American educators and also emphasized self-improvement and job training to enable students to become gainfully employed and self-supporting as craftsmen and industrial workers. Among the school’s famous alumni is Booker T. Washington, an educator, who later founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

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