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Princeton Township District School No. 6, Betsey Stockton, April, 1847

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Trinity Church and its "1850 Gothic Revival Schoolhouse was built to srve as a Sunday School for parish children, and at other times as a school for African-American children, whom the local schools did not serve." The last part of this sentence is factually incorrect. See: She Calls Herself Betsey Stockton: The Illustrated Odyssey of a Princeton Slave, by Constance K. Escher, ISBN 978-17252-7545-4 (Jan, 2022, WipfandStock, Publishers). Betsey Stockton taught (and Principal at) Princeton District School NO. 6," April 8, 1847, "Town Superintendent's Common School Register," page 31 by O.H. Bartine, Mss Coll. Princeton Historical Society. This publically funded school for African American children was located on Witherspoon Street, Princeton. 71.188.56.60 (talk) 12:34, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]