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In 1760, a school in Williamsburg taught Black children to accept slavery. Colonial Williamsburg has plans for the site now.


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.
WILLIAMSBURG – 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 – the school s building still stands on William & Mary’s campus. Until last month, the university’s military science department used it as storage for binders, weight scales and old class photos. ....

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