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Mary Smith Peake

1823-1861

Name: Mary Smith Peake

Birthplace: Norfolk County VA

Status: Free Person of Color

Occupation/Training: Teacher

Residence: Virginia

Abolitionist Involvement: Born free in Virginia. Mary founded an organization called the Daughters of Zion. The focus of this organization was to give assistance to the poor and the sick. In 1851 Mary married Thomas Peake a free Negro. In 1861 she opened a school sponsored by the American Missionary Association. She was known as an exemplar teacher, and her schools and teaching methods were models for other schools.
Most information about her life comes from the piece, Mary S. Peake, the Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe 1862

Family: Husband--Thomas D. Peake Daughter--Daisy Peake

Place of Death: Hampton Virigna

Publications: Mary S. Peake, the Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe 1862

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