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Subject:
William & Mary may have oldest surviving schoolhouse for African American children
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Paul Heinegg <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:57:07 -0400
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In 1765 there were 34 slaves attending. Two of them, Harry and John, were 
children of a free African American Matthew Ashby by his wife Ann, the slave 
of Samuel Spurr. Ashby, son of a white woman by a slave, purchased his wife 
and two children after getting approval from the governor and Council in 
1769.
Paul 

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