Common Name: live oak
Scientific Name: Quercus virginiana
Category: Historic tree
Comments: The Emancipation Oak, at Hampton University, Hampton, VA. is said to be the place where Booker T. Washington sat and studied while a student at Hampton Institute and to be the site where the Emancipation Proclamation was read to slaves in the Hampton area.
Dendrology Notes: See also: 1334 and 1443 and 1527
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Best time to photograph: summer, daytime
Nominator: Stephanie Sharpe Thomas
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County/City: Hampton