AFRICAN
AMERICAN EDUCATION IN DELAWARE
1867
SLAUGHTER
NECK COLORED SCHOOL BURNED
The
new school at Slaughter Neck was completed, but had yet to receive
furnishing,
and was set afire and burned to the ground. The 40 students
intending
to occupy the new school had to use a church building for their
education.
There
was no public school system in Delaware, either tutors were hired or
communities
built a school house and hired teachers at their expense. At
this
time there were only seven schools in Delaware for black residents.
There
were none in Sussex County until the Slaughter Neck school.
The
Slaughter Neck Colored School was rebuilt, students moved from the
church
building, and continued their education.
Abstract:
Delaware Diary, Michael Morgan, Delaware Coast News. 1999.
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