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Oct 19th

Edwin Beecher
Ass't Commissioner

Dear Sir,
I have the honor to present herewith a synopsis of monthly reports of Schools in Alabama for the year Ending Sept 30, 1868. During the year we have had many difficulties to contend with, growing out of the [[?]] state of the country, the prejudice against & opposition to the Education of the freedmen, the poverty of the colored people, & the intimidation & outrages in various sections of the State. In addition to that, the various Associations of the North have not been able to send & sustain as many teachers as might have been Employed. Still this 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 & concentrating their efforts for the Education & Elevation of the colored race. Ten years hence the great mass of the children of the State will have received a Common School Education, filling them for the respective
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