Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

Record Detail

Record #111 from Segregated Schools on Delmarva

State Delaware
County Kent County
School Name Fork Branch Colored School
Location
Date Opened
Current Status Replaced by DuPont construction, see related records.
Source Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 30-31.
Additional Information Closed temporarily in 1882 due to a smallpox outbreak. Replaced with the Dupont-Built Fork Branch School.

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