endowed free schools

kjc0123 | 08:42 Wed 10th Nov 2004 | Phrases & Sayings

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What is the "endowed free schools" in the following sentence?

In the Southern colonies, wealthy planters and merchants imported private tutors from Ireland or Scotland to teach their children. Others sent their children to school in England. Having these other opportunities, the upper classes in the Tidewater were not interested in supporting public education. In addition, the diffusion of farms and plantations made the formation of community schools difficult. There were a few endowed free schools in Virginia; the Syms School was founded in 1647 and the Eaton School emerged in 1659.

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Endowed meaning that funding for the school would have been provided by individuals or organisations as a gift or "endowment" so that no fees were payable and hence free for the people who sent their children there.

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