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# The Bray School: Education / Indoctrination
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/revolution-250-stories-from-the-first-shore/episode/the-bray-school-education-indoctrination-ms9nqd/
- Published: 2025-10-08T09:33:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-10T22:11:20.000Z
- Description: The Bray School taught Black children in the 1700s. Its legacy teaches all of us still.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Revolution 250: Stories From The First Shore, Season 1, Episode 4, #ZZZ_Episode_1f9402a3-c598-4818-945f-f5f317518e7f, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_0f68d973-41f7-4ddd-90ec-f3eac5e83adb, #v1.16

The Williamsburg Bray School, founded in 1760, is the oldest surviving building built to educate Black children in America. Its lessons reveal deep contradictions—teaching skills and faith while reinforcing enslavement. Today, the school stands as a site of resilience, memory, and critical reflection on America’s complex history.