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fit [[strikethrough]] them [[/strikethrough]] for production [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] labor, at town [[strikethrough]] they must perform [[/strikethrough]], they were [[strikethrough]] have been [[/strikethrough]] made in larger numbers to learn the different trades. [[strikethrough]] To such as extent has this been carried, that [[/strikethrough]] the [[?insult]] in that more than one third of the entire colored population of the State are mechanics.] [[strikethrough]] Indeed as complained with the whites of the State, it is not far from the truth to say, that [[/strikethrough]] [There are nearly six colored mechanics for every white one, [[strikethrough]] The there being [[/strikethrough]] The Census gives less than 20.000 of the latter [[strikethrough]] class [[/strikethrough]] and more than 100.000 of the former. Nor are they confined to any special branch of handcraft. All the mechanical occupations are represented by them. Blacksmiths, Gunsmiths, Wheelwrights, Millwrights, Machinists, Carpenters, Cabinet-makers, Plasterers, Painters, Shipbuilders, Stonemasons, Bricklayers are found among them in large numbers. There are also many Pilots and Engineers among them. Nor are they behind any class of workmen, of this State, in the skill, the taste and ability which are usually exhibited in their several trades. Of the Pilots and Engineers running steamboats on the different rivers of the State, many of the very best are colored men. It is said to be true, that the two most skillful and trustworthy Pilots in the State are Freedmen. One is running a steamboat on Cape Fear river, and the other running a steamboat across Albemarle Sound and on the Chowan and