School for Colored Persons at Trinity Church, 1819
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Title
School for Colored Persons at Trinity Church, 1819
Subject
Slaves, Education, Schools, Slaves-Social Conditions, Catholic Church-Clergy-Biography
Description
Rev. John McElroy comments on the instruction of black students at Trinity Church in Georgetown in 1819.
Creator
Georgetown University Library
Source
Father McElroy's diary : Jan. 1, 1813-Aug. 31, 1815 ; May 31, 1817-Jun. 21, 1818 ; Dec. 26, 1818-Dec. 18, 1821. Selected Papers of Rev. John McElroy, S.J., Georgetown University Library.
Publisher
Digital Georgetown
Date
1819-06-06
Contributor
Adam Rothman
Rights
Georgetown University Library
Format
JPG
Language
English
Type
Journal
Identifier
GSA27
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Text
June - 6th 1819
This being Trinity Sunday, I gave the instruction in the Church as usual at 8 OClock, and also at 10 1/2 at high Mass - continued the school for Colored Persons this evening in the school house opposite the Church - the object of this school is 1st - To prevent Cath. negroes from frequenting the schools kept on Sundays by Methodists &c - 2d To teach them their prayers + catechism at the same time they learn to speak and read. The teachers I selected from the Congregation each to attend four Sundays successively - from the Ladies I selected about ten, with as many assistants who are chiefly young girls
The male school in the same way about 200 attended to day -
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27 The Sunday School for colored persons continues to increase in numbers - they now begin to read a little and [?] to their Catechism; also the Lords Prayer Hail Mary + Creed with the acts of Faith Hope + Love
This being Trinity Sunday, I gave the instruction in the Church as usual at 8 OClock, and also at 10 1/2 at high Mass - continued the school for Colored Persons this evening in the school house opposite the Church - the object of this school is 1st - To prevent Cath. negroes from frequenting the schools kept on Sundays by Methodists &c - 2d To teach them their prayers + catechism at the same time they learn to speak and read. The teachers I selected from the Congregation each to attend four Sundays successively - from the Ladies I selected about ten, with as many assistants who are chiefly young girls
The male school in the same way about 200 attended to day -
[next page]
27 The Sunday School for colored persons continues to increase in numbers - they now begin to read a little and [?] to their Catechism; also the Lords Prayer Hail Mary + Creed with the acts of Faith Hope + Love
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Journal
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Collection
Citation
Georgetown University Library, “School for Colored Persons at Trinity Church, 1819,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed July 27, 2024, http://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/32.