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ANOTHER LEARNED BLAcKsMIrH, The New


Orleans Protestant gives the tollo@ing interest
iag account Of the successful efforts Of slave to
educate himself. We learn from another source
tha, Ellis is aow stadying Hebrew, aad has made
considerable progress.


In the State of Alabama, (Gresno County, we
think lives coored man by the name OF Ellis who
has wife and several children. He is blacksmith
by trade and has worked al this business tor many
wears in the shop OF his master. He Is believed 10
ba man Of sincere pie'y, and is member oil The
Presbyterian Church. under The pastoral cha sc Ct
Rev. Fields Bradshaw. What IL particularly no
ticsab.s in his is the state OF his educononi
and for man vino has been all his lie slave, ard
hard at work and iahet,ed onlr Ignorance, We con-
slider il quite extraordinary. lie Is well acquainted
with reading. writing, arithmetic, geography, gram
mar history, and some other branches embraced III
a common E1gish education; beside which he has
made q tolergb.e acquaintance win the Gean 'ah,
yuagts Latin and Greek. He has accomplished
this mostly wi,nout the aid OF teachers, and M
learned his alphabet without even Il book. fiis pan
was at first, get hs young masters. on 're'f to
turn from school CT evening, 10 make loo hIm u
different letters of the alphabet, aud tell hin tielr
names. These no COPIED upon ms sh"p dooI W.T.
coal and CONTINUED rne prccess until he hsd well
learoad the first eismsnts OF reading aud wFliog.
rhey then brought him The sp-lng book. aud oiher
elementary books. BY nrans of which ne began 10
Fend his way up the hill OF sCieDce. We uVder-
staud that ia some o toe CHER branches he has nad
the mid Of others, and that now he is pursuing hs
studies under competent teacher. He still works
a; The anvil. as he has done through his whole
courss, during Tho Cay, aud studies at night. What
srst prompted him 10 make the effort 10 obtain
educa,ion we do not know. Ills success, under
tha dscouraging circumstances o, his situation, is
truly remarkable. All who know him, testify thar
he is man of uncommon native energy oi mind,
us his rresen, sttaianents prove His aSe ia about
forly-6ve.


About two years since, his case was represented
10 ihs synods OF Alabama snd mississippi. and they
jointly propose purchase him sad his family, and
send him 10 the Western coast OF Africa as q mis-
sionary. They hnve ascetainsd ,aat his master
will part with them Tor $3.50. This sum is equally
divided between the two synods, and they now
making efforts TO raise it, 10 the time Ellis is
pursuiRg u course Of theological study under his
pastor. We understand he has read the standard
theological works of Drs. Dwight, Dick, &c. and
others pertaining TO ministerial course.