This photo of Charles Chesnutt was taken in circa 1883, when he was about 25 years old. By this time, he had married fellow teacher Susan Perry in 1877; he had become a father to two children with a third on the way; he had become principal of the State Normal School at Fayetteville, following the death of Robert Harris, the older brother of Cicero Harris; and he had decided to leave Fayetteville to seek greater opportunity for himself and his family in the North. | Date: circa 1883 | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Collections related to Charles W. ChesnuttDownload Original File
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Cleveland Public Library, Collections related to Charles W. Chesnutt
