The Bray School in Virginia, which is believed to be the oldest school used to teach Black students, was hoisted onto a truck and transported to Colonial Williamsburg.
The Bray School stands as a symbol for historians and descendants alike defiant of the belief all enslaved Americans were uneducated. The school’s faith-based curriculum — created by an English charity — however, justified slavery and encouraged students to accept their fate as God’s plan.
A white teacher named Ann Wager, who lived upstairs at the school, taught an estimated 300 to 400 students, whose ages ranged from 3 to 10, according to surviving records. The Bray School is moved down Prince George Street in Williamsburg, Va. on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The building is being moved off of the campus of William & Mary and into Colonial Williamsburg. It is believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S., built 25 years before the American Revolution.The building became a private home for years before being incorporated into William & Mary’s campus.
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