Brainerd Institute was a school for African Americans in Chester, South Carolina.

[4] Originally established with support from the Freedmen's Bureau, the school was later sponsored by the Presbyterian Church.

[1] The University of South Carolina Libraries have a collection of photographs related to the school.

[5] It was preceded by Fairfield Institute run by Willard Richardson in Winnsboro, South Carolina.

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