Fairfield Institute was a school for African Americans in Winnsboro, South Carolina in Fairfield County, South Carolina.
It was closed and sold as part of a consolidation with nearby Brainerd Institute in Chester, South Carolina in 1888.
[2] Joseph Winthrop Holley attended the school, originally known as Willard Richardson School, until Richardson and his family returned to New Jersey.
[8] The school trained teachers and "workers for Africa"[6] to go on missions.
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