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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 Sep. 30. 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 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, and Northern Associations are now combining their power and concentrating their efforts for the Education and Elevation of the colored race. Ten years hence the great mass o the children of the State will have received a common school education, filling them for the responsibilities
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