It all started in 1931, when a native-born Liberian M.C Bennette who was taken away from her people as a slave to America at a very tender age, re-sailed to this part of the West Coast (Liberia) and set the blue print for an institute which is today widely acknowledged for its role in molding the minds of young Liberians into useful and patriotic citizens from shackles of backwardness and ignorance. The institute “The Haywood Mission Institute” is today one of the oldest and most reputable institutes of learning in the Republic of Liberia. The name Haywood was given in honor of Bishop G.T Haywood, a renowned American Negro minister of the Gospel who devoted his life to the welfare of humanity. Bishop Haywood died on April 12 1931. It was during this state of affairs when Mrs. Sarah Barclay, wife of former Liberian president Arthur Barclay went to the United States of America and at that time Mrs. Bennette had the opportunity to explain to Mrs. Barclay the condition under which she had been brought to the United States. It was that very year (1931) that Mrs. Bennette of the Vai tribe returned to Liberia. Afterward, negotiations were made for her return to Liberia to reacquaint her with her homeland, and to contribute her quota to the upliftment of her people from illiteracy. When Mrs. Bennette returned to Liberia in 1931, she later discovered her parents of the Vai tribe in South, W Liberia. The parents in turn discovered the child through a Liberian traditional mark. In the same year, she meet with members of the Via community at the time residing on the Old Rd, on the outskirts of Monrovia, to negotiate for the purchase of 10 acres of land – an agreement which became finalized the same year.