Education in Virginia in the Revolutionary Era - Encyclopedia Virginia
Education in Colonial America Education was limited in colonial America, where it was expensive and largely the purview of wealthy colonists. In , it was common for planters and other members of the to hire personal tutors for their children. Other Southern elites—and especially planters from the sugar islands—sent their children to college in England or to the Inns of Court. Read more about: Education in Virginia in the Revolutionary Era| Encyclopedia Virginia
