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James Pillans
invented the first blackboard -
public school
Boston English High School was opened -
Catherine Beecher
found the Hartford school for girls -
Law
Massachusetts passes a law that a town of more than 500 people would have a public school -
first mandatory attendance law
in Massachusetts law requiring students to go to school -
13th amendment
eventually introducing education to other races -
Department of education
helped states establish schools systems -
Morris-Brown College
first African American school in Georga