Freedmen's Normal Institute was a school in Maryville, Tennessee in Eastern Tennessee established to train African American teachers.
[2] It was co-founded by newspaper publisher William Bennett Scott Sr.,[3] Thomas B. Lillard Sr., others, and support from Quakers.
The University of Tennessee has a photo of a group on its porch[4] and another of some pupils.
The Friends Church (Maryville, Tennessee) had a role in establishing the school.
Charles Warner Cansler attended the school.