Background
Horst, Samuel Levi was born on July 18, 1919 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Elmer Kuhns and Katie (Buckwalter) Horst.
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This is the only book to date to examine the history of black education in Virginia during the Civil War era. Horst describes in detail the plight of blacks who struggled for literacy as they fled the farms and plantations of Virginia. He also describes the role of the northern missionaries who travelled south to educate former slaves.
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researcher writer history educator
Horst, Samuel Levi was born on July 18, 1919 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Elmer Kuhns and Katie (Buckwalter) Horst.
Bachelor in Social Sciences, Goshen College, 1949. Master of Arts in History, American University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in History, University Virginia, 1977.
High School teacher Eastern Mennonite High School, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1949-1950, 50-51, 54-55, 59-60. Teacher Eastern Mennonite College, 1962-1984, professor emeritus history, since 1984.
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Member Harrisonburg/Rockingham Bicentennial Commission, Harrisonburg/Rockingham Council on Human Relations. Member Virginia History Society, Southern History Association, Peace History Society, Harrisonburg/Rockingham History Society, Mennonite History Society, Shenandoah Valley Mennonite Historians.
Married Sarah Elizabeth Good, July 19, 1948 (deceased August 1991). Children: Kenneth, Hannah, Sylvia, Barbara, Mary, Carol. Married Mary Ellen Stutzman, March 18, 1995.