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Lewis C. (Lewis Conger) Lockwood
1815–1904
A 19th-century minister and missionary, he is remembered for writing one of the earliest book-length accounts of Mary S. Peake, the pioneering teacher of freedpeople at Fortress Monroe during the Civil War. His work captures a firsthand view of education, faith, and emancipation in a turning point of American history.
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Mary S. Peake: The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe
by Lewis C. (Lewis Conger) Lockwood
About the author
Lewis Conger Lockwood (1815–1904) was an American clergyman associated with the American Missionary Association. During the Civil War, he served at Fortress Monroe in Virginia as a missionary to formerly enslaved people who had sought refuge with Union forces.
He is best known as the author of Mary S. Peake: The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe (1862), a biography of educator Mary S. Peake. The book reflects his close connection to the early freedmen’s schools around Fortress Monroe and preserves an important contemporary account of Black education and relief work during the war.
Some later historical references also credit him with helping establish early schools for freedpeople in the Hampton area. While many details of his life are not widely documented online, his surviving book remains a valuable window into the beginnings of wartime education efforts for newly emancipated African Americans.