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ready to accept the position of teacher, use them to break down prejudice, and pay their Salaries from the funds which had been saved to the Government through his vigilance, and made the basis of the financial operations of the Bureau. Under this plan, Schools opening up immediately at Tuskegee, Auburn, Opelika, Salem, Greenville, Demopolis, Evergreen, Mount Meigs, Tuscaloosa, Gainsville, Marion and Wetumpka, and later at Troy and Hayneville. This method was attended with one advantage of vital import. In none of the above mentioned places was a garrison stationed; in many of them it was deemed unsafe to send northern teachers without the indispensable Military protection. In fact, while preparing to open some of these schools I was apprised by citizens that it would not be safe to send Northern teachers without the accompaniment of Federal bayonets. The only alternative was to get persons able to protect themselves. By selecting teachers among the citizens of the places where the Schools were located, we could generally get such persons as it was not safe to molest. Though prejudice was no less bitter against them, they were better fortified against it. In but one instance have teachers of this class been disturbed.
In the meantime a decided change was going on among the prudent and thoughtful of the State in regard to Colored Schools. The subject crowded