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William Casperson Joins Colonial Williamsburg’s Board of Trustees
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Board of Trustees recently announced finance strategist and Columbia Business School ...
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Restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children that justified slavery
A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds ...
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Oldest school for Black students still offers lessons
A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds of mostly enslaved students learned to read through a ...
Virginia archaeologists to show off their work Saturday in Colonial Williamsburg
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is holding a public archaeology day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Custis Square, located across from the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg on the corner of Nassau ...
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Colonial Williamsburg Offers Free Admission for Military Families, Nov. 8-11
WILLIAMSBURG – On Veterans Day Weekend, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation continues its tradition of military outreach by offering free admission to all active-duty military, reservists ...
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Colonial Williamsburg nearly finished restoring oldest surviving school for Black children
The museum, Colonial Williamsburg, also has identified more than 80 children who lined its pinewood benches in the 1760s. They include Aberdeen, 5, who was enslaved by a saddle and harness maker.
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The swagman saga : a colonial myth / M.A. Hill
You can order a copy of this work from Copies Direct. Copies Direct supplies reproductions of collection material for a fee. This service is offered by the National Library of Australia ...
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Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Janice Canaday, Colonial Williamsburg Foundations African American community engagement manager, stands ...
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Colonial Williamsburg Bray School taught Black children, being restored 250 years later
The Colonial Williamsburg school house first opened on Sept. 29, 1760, and over two and a half centuries later it is being preserved and honored. The historic Bray School building was where teachers ...
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1760 Virginia schoolhouse for Black children reveals complicated history of slavery and resilience
The museum, Colonial Williamsburg, also has identified more than 80 children who lined its pinewood benches in the 1760s. They include Aberdeen, 5, who was enslaved by a saddle and harness maker.
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Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience
The museum, Colonial Williamsburg, also has identified more than 80 children who lined its pinewood benches in the 1760s. They include Aberdeen, 5, who was enslaved by a saddle and harness maker.
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Colonial Williamsburg to hold public dedication service for oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — An historic school building is being prepared to be open to the public again. Friday, Colonial Williamsburg and members of the descendant community will hold a public ...