An epoch in the history of Negro education in New England was marked in 1820, when the city of Boston opened its first primary school for the education of colored children.[4] [Footnote 1: _Special Report of U.S.Com.

of Ed._, 1871, p.

357.] [Footnote 2: _Ibid._, p.

357.] [Footnote 3: Next to be instructor of this institution was Prince Saunders, who was brought to Boston by Dr.Channing and Caleb Bingham in 1809.

Brought up in the family of a Vermont lawyer, and experienced as a diplomatic official of Emperor Christopher of Hayti, Prince Saunders was able to do much for the advancement of this work.