African School is established.

The a private school is located in the home of Primus Hall at 63 West Cedar Street. The first school for African-American children in Boston, it closes after three months, and another school reopens three years later that is located at various sites until it moves to the African Meeting House in 1806. Elijah Sylvester, a white man, is the first teacher. Cyrus Vassal subsequently becomes the first African-American teacher in Boston here. The school is Initially supported by parents, the black community, and wealthy whites, then becomes the first free primary public school for African-American children in Boston in 1812. It moves to a new building on Joy Street in 1835.*