Regarding 18th-century schools for black children, I believe these were so-called Bray schools, Anglican institutions designed to teach house slaves of elite planters to read well enough to comprehend the Bible. I don't think these schools indicate any broad interest in teaching black children to be literate. I picked up this information from a tour guide at Colonial W-burg who seemed to know her stuff (they ARE very well trained at CW); I haven't studied it in depth myself. As for the school in F-burg Anita Wills refers to, I don't think GW himself was involved in it at all because I didn't find any mention of it in his papers, but I defer to Anita, who has done the F-burg research. There is no evidence that GW or anyone in the white family at MV took an interest in teaching slaves to read, though some MV slaves could read and write. At Monticello, some of TJ's grandchildren did teach slaves to read and write, according to oral histories. Henry Wiencek To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html