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[Ed. Form, No. 4.]

[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]

Sub-Assistant Commissioner's (or Agent's) Monthly Report on Education of Freedmen, and Refugees in Sub-District, State of  Alabama in charge of C. W. Pierce S.A. Comr for the Month of April 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R.,F., & A.L.]

1.  Name of your Sub-District?   Demopolis
2.  Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District?  2   Day 0   Night 0   Sabbath?  2
3.  Location of Schools?
Livingston Sumter Co & Candas landing Hale Co"
4.  Whole number of Teachers? 3 White? 3 Colored? 0
5.  Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers?
Daniel Price & Mrs Sarah Bowman Livingston Ala
Thomas W. Crevett Greensboro Ala
6.  Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District?   2
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned?
Condition good. Capacity 350 Owned by Freedmen Value $1050
7.  Number of your visits to Schools? 
Day? 
Night? 
Sabbath?   None
8.  Number of educational meetings held by you during the month?
Where?   None
9.  Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized?   Gainsville Greensboro Newbern Shiloh Jefferson Linden McKinley Prairieville Spring Hill, Macon & many others.
10.  Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools?   1280 at places above mentioned Not less than 30 000 in the Dist
11.  Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood?   Not more than sufficient to pay board of Teachers
12.  What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government?   but little can be done without assistance from Gov't or Aid Societies - 
13.  Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District?   From Thirty to Forty
14.  Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein?
15.  To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases?   with sufficient attention I think it might be done
16.  What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites?   Some portions of the Dist quite Hostile, and everywhere a strong prejudice exists.
17.  Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District?
In what way could they be carried on?   It is not thought advisable to start any during the summer months.
18.  What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?   But few in the Dist
19.  How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District?   Until the State provides for them.

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.

C W Pierce
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.

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