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& believe you will readily see what an injustice & calamity it would be to the Freedmen, thus getting light & knowledge & hopefully growing up under our care, for us to be disturbed now in the use & peaceable possession of the school-house.

And all to please these Rebel School Trustees whose watch-word is that of the "Richmond Whig", they take & read "Death to Radicalism"

The fall election approaches & it is a vital struggle for Republicanism to keep this school-house sacred to the free discussion of its principles of Justice to loyal citizens, both white & black embodied

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