Secret Cellar Unearthed Beneath America's Oldest Black Schoolhouse Reveals Artifacts

Archaeologists astatine William & Mary University successful Virginia unearthed a portion of American history tied to nan oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children.

A concealed cellar was recovered pinch galore artifacts specified arsenic slate pencil fragments and jewelry, The Associated Press (AP) reported. 

The building belongs to the Williamsburg Bray School, which taught mostly enslaved students successful nan 1760s utilizing a belief model to warrant slavery. 

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The Williamsburg Bray School was later transformed into a dormitory for immoderate of nan first women to attend college.

William & Mary archaeologists uncovered a instauration from nan 1700s that erstwhile held nan nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children. (William Mary/William Mary Center for Archaeological Research via AP)

William & Mary’s Center for Archaeological Research, Tom Higgins, said nan cellar "was astir apt dug soon aft nan foundations were laid" arsenic it was not lined pinch bricks, reported AP.

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Handmade ceramics associated pinch sites of enslavement and a shard of solid depicting Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, warfare and nan arts, were besides found.

Handmade ceramics and jewelry were recovered from nan 1760s Williamsburg Bray School. (William Mary/William Mary Center for Archaeological Research via AP)

Katherine Rowe, William & Mary’s president, said, "The roots of our metropolis and assemblage entwine here."

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"Every furniture of history that it reveals gives america caller insights into our early republic, from nan Williamsburg Bray School done nan generations that followed, up done nan early 20th century," she added, according to AP.

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is moving to reconstruct nan school. (Michael A. McCoy/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The building was discovered successful 2020 by historians and is being restored by nan Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.