Terry Meyers, retired English professor of College of William and Mary, discovered that the building once housed the Bray School, a school for Black children in the 1760s.
WILLIAMSBURGÂ â Beginning in 1760, two dozen or so enslaved and free Black children attended school each day in a small two-story cottage in Williamsburg, a location suggested by Benjamin Franklin. They learned the tenants of Christianity, reading, proper behavior and why they should accept enslavement.
Thanks to a retired College of William & Mary professor and a series of archeological tests, Colonial Williamsburg has made a discovery â the school s building still stands on William & Maryâs campus. Until last month, the universityâs military science department used it as storage for binders, weight scales and old class photos.
In 1760, a school in Williamsburg taught Black children to accept slavery Colonial Williamsburg has plans for the site now
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