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Grimble Bell School (1830s–1860), was a segregated private school in Washington, Louisiana, United States, for African American students. It was the earliest African American school in the St. Landry Parish, founded in the 1830s, and shut down in 1860 by White vigilantes.

Early educational opportunities for local Black students, like at the Grimble Bell School of the 1830s, were almost exclusively available to only the children of wealthy free people of color. Tuition cost fifteen dollars, and the school had up to 125 students enrolled at its peak. Subjects taught in the classes included history, bookkeeping, arithmetic, writing, English, French, and Latin.

See also

• Opelousas massacre (1868)

References

1. ^ Hartley, Carola Lillie (February 22, 2020). "Parlons Opelousas: History of African American education in Opelousas". Daily World. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
2. ^ Dormon, James H. (1996). Creoles of Color of the Gulf South. University of Tennessee Press. pp. 73, 79. ISBN 978-0-87049-917-3.
3. Neidenbach, Elizabeth Clark (April 28, 2011). "Free People of Color from the Early American Period through the Civil War". 64 Parishes. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
4. Hartley, Carola (2022-02-22). "Tidbits of Opelousas History". St. Landry Now. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
5. Mignon, Francois (1971-09-20). "Plantation Memo: Planters of Color". The Town Talk. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.

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• Educational institutions established in the 1830s
• Educational institutions disestablished in 1860
• Historically segregated African-American schools in Louisiana
• Schools in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
• Washington, Louisiana
• Defunct schools in Louisiana
• Private schools in Louisiana