Record #:

3659

Author(s):

Renfer, Betty Dishong

Abstract:

During colonial times education for the majority of the state's people was largely informal and accomplished through observing family members and the community. Those who would not become farmers could be apprenticed. Only the wealthy could afford to send their children to schools.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 37 Issue 1, Fall 1997, p1-3, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775