Viewing page 64 of 126

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

 11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 
Nothing could be covered by the Freedmen in the country for the support of schools: as their main dependence The cotton crop was a failure last season

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? 
I have succeeded in securing a lot for a School House at an expense to the Freedmen of $178. Measures have been taken toward building a School House the coming Season from the appropriation made by Congress for such objects

13. Whole number of additional School-houses for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District?
There are no other points in this Sub Dist where School Houses are needed 

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? 
Could Not

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? 
To effect such organizations It would require foreign aid wholly

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? 
The sentiment towards Colored Schools is I think growing more and more averse. No Demonstrations have been made against their continuance, but there is a bitter spirit of hostility towards them and many plans are devised in a silent way to break up the one at this point, which by the way is in a flourishing condition

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? 
No  
In what way would they be carried on?

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? 
The Bureau is doing all that can be done in this direction

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? 
No charitable aid is furnished in this Dept

I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein named, and that the answers given are, according to my best knowledge and belief, correct. 
J L Thorp
[[strikethrough]] Sub Asst. Com. [[/striketrough]] Agt Bureau R.,F., & A.L.

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-10-30 11:41:50 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-10-30 11:53:58