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Crews unearth relics of enslaved children's lives at site of 1760s school
Archaeologist Tom Higgins calls it one of the most unique projects he's worked on in 40 years.
Underneath William & Mary's Gates Hall, which is undergoing renovation, archaeologists are donning hard hats, steel-toed boots and safety glasses to find what has long been hidden in its foundation: the remnants of the Williamsburg Bray School, which educated enslaved and freed Black children in the 1760s.
