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Dig unearths Bray School remnants under William and Mary hall
Archaeologists at William and Mary uncover near complete Bray School foundation beneath Gates Hall in Virginia during renovation. Finds include 18th century pencils wig curler brooches and colonoware shards. A new museum exhibit opens alongside the project highlighting enslaved and free Black education in colonial America.
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Tom Higgins
William & Mary’s
Gates Hall
Virginia
Williamsburg
Bray School
Colonial
Higgins
William & Mary
Williamsburg Bray School
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Bray
Prince George Street
Colonial Williamsburg
Brown Hall
Robert M. Gates
Defense
Global Research Institute
Institute For Integrative Conservation
Whole of Government
Katherine A. Rowe
Elizabeth J. Monroe
University
Center For Archeological Research
Monroe
Minerva
Michele L. Brumfield
Maureen Elgersman Lee
W&m Bray