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Did you know... that the Williamsburg Bray School – the "oldest extant building in the United States dedicated to the education of Black children" – was moved a second time in February 2023 (pictured)?
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The sources do not make clear the history of where the school was located when it was open. IN particular it is not clear if the school was on the campus of W&M, as it was in a building owned by Dudley Digges.
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14:33, 26 February 2021 (UTC)reply
A major contributor to this article, Daniel Logan Jolliffe aka Possibly, died a little over a year ago. To honor his legacy and that of those who attended the school, I hope to spend the next couple days expanding this article to at least a stable B-class state. Please join in if you are interested in improving access on this topic. ~
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20:53, 11 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Unusually but happily, one of the leading historians on this topic has graciously contacted me in private and provided additional details and sources. For this reason, some details contained within certain sources will be removed or left out due to their incongruence with what Meyers has uncovered in research. Questions about these changes are welcome. ~
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20:55, 20 February 2023 (UTC)reply
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ALT2: ... that the Williamsburg Bray School(pictured) was opened at
Benjamin Franklin's suggestion in what is now the "oldest extant building in the United States dedicated to the education of Black children"? Source: Wolfe, Brendan (7 September 2021).
"Associates of Dr. Bray". Encyclopedia Virginia.
Charlottesville,
VA: Virginia Humanities. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
Comment: I wasn't precisely sure where to insert the parenthetical "(pictured)" in each hook, so I encourage suggestions on alternative locations should the image be promoted with a hook.
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Pbritti: Good expansion but earwig does seem to show some slight similarities to one of the sources. It isn't major but I would like some rewording to better reduce the percentage.
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19:44, 18 February 2023 (UTC)reply
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Onegreatjoke: I know this is annoying but Earwig has been 504ing for me not matter what I do for the last couple days. Could you send the offending phrase for me to correct? ~
Pbritti (
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20:48, 18 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Note: Earwig is working for me now, so I'll go through and work to reduce the percentage (most seem to be false positives on names of entities like "Associates of Dr. Bray" and "military science department", so anticipate me only lowering it to ~15%.) ~
Pbritti (
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15:08, 19 February 2023 (UTC)reply
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Onegreatjoke: Ok, I have tried to knock down the percentage a bit but the overlap remains high due to organizational and personal names. If you think there are any remaining suspect phrases, please let me know; I'll happy rework them. ~
Pbritti (
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15:23, 19 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Note: Following a private, off-wiki message from the individual described in the first hook, he informed me that he was not in fact motivated by poetry in his search for 19th-century Williamsburg. Out of an abundance of caution, I have struck this first hook and offer the two ALTs as already approved. ~
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20:50, 20 February 2023 (UTC)reply