 In the early 1800s, various Protestant organizations in Baltimore such as Sharp Street Methodist Episcopal Church’s Free African School (1802), Daniel Coker’s Bethel Charity School (c. 1812), St. James Protestant Episcopal Day School (1824), and William Lively’s Union Seminary (1825) created schools for African-American students.While providing a valuable service, they could not meet the demands of Baltimore’s growing free African-American population.Lange recognized the need for education for African American children and opened a school for them in her home in the Fells Point area of the city.