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The Williamsburg Bray School: Reconstructing the Landscape of African American Education in Colonial Virginia (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ashley McCuistion.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Established in 1760 with support from a London-based philanthropy called The Associates of Dr. Bray, the Williamsburg Bray School was one of the earliest institutions dedicated to the education of free and enslaved African American children in America. The school’s curriculum was designed to teach students Anglican catechism and...