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STATE OF ALABAMA,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct 19th 1868.

Col Edwin Beecher
Asst Commissioner.

Dear Sir
I have the honor to present herewith a synopsis of monthly reports of schools in Alabama for the year ending Sept, 30th 1868. During the year we have had many difficulties to contend with growing out of the unsettled state of the Country the prejudice against and the opposition to the education of the freedmen. The poverty of the Colored people and the intimidation and outrages in various sections of the State. In addition to this the various associations of the North have not been able to send and sustain as many teachers as might have been employed. Still the work of Education among the freedmen has been steadily advancing during the year. Much has been accomplished. Thousands of children have been educated. The future is hopeful. The State, the Bureau & Northern Associations are now combining their power and concentrating their efforts for the education and elevation of the colored race. In years hence the great mass of the children of the State will have received a common school education