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interests of the School with the office in such a manner as to convince the Freedmen that the efforts of their Friends must be seconded by themselves and that if they do not avail themselves of the opportunities now afforded them to obtain an Education they can never hope to be able to take care of themselves and they cannot know what liberty is unless they can keep their own account and make their own contracts.
All the efforts that I have made in this particular direction have met with the approval and hearty cooperation of the Teachers both Male & Female who are completely devoted to their Labor of Love and consider that no exertion is too great that has a tendency to elevate the Freedman in his sphere
The deportment of the Citizens toward the negro Children has very much improved there is no foul Language used toward them on their on their way to and from the School House, no throwing of Stones or other Missiles, a general settling down to the conviction that the Education of the