CORRESPONDENCE.

Ereedom and Slavery for Afrie-AmerIeans.


No. III.
To The Editor # The Tribune
IN rerard IN the
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INTELLECTUAL STATISTICS


of the slaves, it is we'll known that the laws Of all
the slave States, by heavy penaltles-in some,
Death for the second offence-prohlbt the teach
ing of the slaves to read. In Ohio and the North
Western States, there is no such law, nor is there
any public provision for the instruction OF colored
children; vet there are many schools, supported
by the people Of color, in those States All the
Free States, East of Ohio, afford public lnstruc-
ton, alike to white and colored children.


Who arc worse off, the slaves, whose children
are doomed to brutal ignorance or the few blacks
of the North, the offspring of whom are for the
most part, permitted to enjoy common school
education? The answer depends on the extent
to which the parents of the latter, embrace their
superior privileges. In our own State to popu-
lation Of $4,000, there are % public schools for
coIored children. In this city to population OF
about 17,00O, there are seven public, and four
private schools for colored children, with two
exceptions, taught by colored teachers. The
average attendance Of coored children at the
Public Schools, by the last report, was ,O3l per
day, From document issued by the Board Of
Trustees of the Public Schools Gn March 1922
| have carefully made the following statement
Of the relative standing of the boys in the otl
and 9th classes Number l being best, ?, good,