The wealthy planters had generally sent their…

The wealthy planters had generally sent their children abroad, mainly to Britain, but a surprisingly large number had gone to study in British North America.

As early as 1720, Judah Morris, a Jew born in Jamaica, had been a lecturer in Hebrew at Harvard College.

Alexander Hamilton, born in Nevis in 1755, had attended King's College (present-day Columbia University), where his political tracts had attracted the attention of George Washington.

Other students had attended such colleges as the College of William and Mary in Virginia and the College of Philadelphia.