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Education in the colonial varied from state to state, Massachusetts had a system that was for rich white folk. Both women and men were permitted into the very few schools that the state had. The schools were all privately owned so you needed to come from an upper class family. If you did not come from a rich family then you were sent into an apprenticeship to make sure you could survive colonial life. In school children were taught reading, writing, simple math, and prayers. After the basic schooling they were prepared for life on a plantation, men were taught to keep one running and women were taught how to be the housemaid. Papers and textbooks were very expensive but the ones that you would be able to get bath then would be; the bible, a primer, and a hornbook.

http://www.chesapeake.edu/Library/EDU_101/eduhist_colonial.asp