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Transcripts For CSPAN3 History Bookshelf 20150411

Anyway, its interesting, im going out on the book tour and speaking to a lot of audiences about both of my books. Its always interesting to see the kind of reaction youll get to the books. Most of it positive. Most of the interesting comments from a friend of mine in williamsburg that came up and said, tony, i have to admit, i really didnt like history very much in school. Because it was kind of boring. But you make it come alive. I love your book. I feel like im there. This was the hurricane of independence. I feel like im in newfoundland fishing and hurricane is coming. I feel like i am on the battlefield in the american revolution. Im so engrossed in the book. I feel like im there. Of course, i was appreciative and said thank you. Her husband elbowed me in the ribs and said, she likes it so much he reads four pages a day. It is right next to the Readers Digest in the bathroom in that little basket i was chuckling. He elbowed me ....

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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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