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FIRST BLACK SCHOOL IN CHARLES TOWN. Address – W. Liberty and Samuel Streets. In 1865, the Freedmen’s Bureau, working with the American Missionary Association, established schools in Jefferson County for the newly freed slaves. The first school established in Charles Town was at the residence of Achilles Dixon, a free African American blacksmith. It was located on the corner of Liberty and Samuel Streets. The home served as a school until the county began its own system for providing public education for black students sometime between 1867 and 1874.