At the death of this missionary the task was taken up by certain followers of the good man, known as the "Associates of Doctor Bray."[2] They extended their work beyond the confines of Maryland.

In 1760 two schools for the education of Negroes were maintained in Philadelphia by these benefactors.

It was the aid obtained from the Dr.Bray fund that enabled the abolitionists to establish in that city a permanent school which continued for almost a hundred years.[3] About the close of the French and Indian War, Rev.Mr.Stewart, a missionary in North Carolina, found there a school for the education of Indians and free Negroes, conducted by Dr.Bray's Associates.

The example of these men appealing to him as a wise policy, he directed to it the attention of the clergy at home.[4] [Footnote 1: _Ibid_., p.

252; Smyth, _Works of Franklin_, vol.iv., p.
23; and vol.v., p.