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of character and love only for the marvellous and new which makes the sustaining and steady increase of colored schools so difficult a matter at least in this farming district and for this reason I believe; that as a general thing colored schools situated in towns will be more flourishing and better attended that those located in out of the way country places
Another opposing influence to the growing of colored schools in my sub district and one which has more weight with the freed people that might generally be supposed is the discountenance, and want of encouragement manifested by the whole people towards everything appertaining to the Education of the Freedman. And though I have heard many fair speeches to the effect that the freeman should have his "rights." and ought to be educated etc yet I seldom found that he got the first; when giving them to him could be avoided and I never saw any steps taken by the whole people to encourage learning or