| State | Delaware |
|---|---|
| County | Sussex County |
| School Name | Georgetown Colored School |
| Location | Georgetown |
| Date Opened | Open by 1867 |
| Current Status | Replaced by DuPont construction in the 1920s |
| Source | Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 18-19. |
| Additional Information | One-room, one story school. A white mob attacked the teacher's boarding house in June of 1867 which lead to the teacher to quit, temporarily leaving the Georgetown School without a teacher. |
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