, 1869-07-19
KENTUCKY COLORED EDUCA-
TIONAL CONVENTION.

1Hg lOllOWlUE EtkoiullQQ1 WefD AlQpkGu Dy Inc
Educational Convention Of the coloItd people
of Kentucky, at Louisville, on Tho 18th:
sME1a.es sEs.t s.rslatteo ~ t.hea e!seS "a
.bali.hnx ss1e'y and pol.le. dlstaesisas fSanaoJ
II :is s.s$ss : s'y 8. 4 ::ss
prrhxn1on u tho des ptrtaipins 70 rtizenship; md
70 e.: Ia 4 ~ for III
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stP.Sviaeaes ~ Poyery in1.e ethof aIslortane.
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.,waIxE4k. God hcfr. -ihoso .ho help Themselves;
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,as awsy. - u1scni 1nd ieuaded upon pFneipes e.
Iossh ~ t. ,oastans ausstioa, 16sh NUT bc dt-
= 1 Tsss E eseeis Il ~ u,.ee
e4u.l ta1atio9 and equal education for the colcfed
,:es %. sFt. x.then. t,..lassn e
iG"a the ooas f y s4 Which, lss
ther no adequate rFntecton Tor le. liberty prop
sa &C.
son 4hsll 10 deprived q life. bctty property with
Xssesei Thai Il !. The duty q chr..i.n son~u.
tist IT, II Ill s1sth 's poot snds'
To- BE- s.e oS';s q ed I as
. q & ta the y1e heo q Iii yra
j. tho rervce VI taseEa WIN sefrae then, support 1u
Th.s 1t I, tic duty ot the e9lorca people TO
.Es mssni e. t. r.. ~
Nsis+, T$:s a. T.sasca'' : s,sIps. =: .na II? Int
eoatdss es apa Which p.t,oassd BY ent neogc. wiii
rses thtn the hish road II pecunEr1 Iudtpead.
,."Gs-s1.sd. That Bcre. C:lezr. Madison County,
sLsssrtef iff,ise.Iys .. eoer ~ ssta.l!
I'd ssc
ss4 ts;a, ed s.ats T. tho
slI.sop.ty A..oet..cn. ths We,tesn Frstsmen's Aid
a s.ss est s Ltd
H. .a psops + e: No "r .2s
ud aid sent scaeber' TO be'p III edurato cur
.ekrs so sso Gai Ia5ersa - .tsig ID s
M that r w eyer ebesrh The memory Of their aao
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.i:iet ~ ...e.!nsp @hose saalaistrson II IL
e IN k s,s a. 4 . s9G
ksaes; s:!s efs . spets ,s :ss
sp1e tsend snd k1ea,y indebted = hm ter tho
hun:nt sa,s. 20 . e he b''
IN The convention, On fr'ds5, the Executive
structesl 10 prc+ent the following petition 10 the
Stale LcRiatatufe at tho proper Limc:
"3s the flo,oratts Hendtf dni HoHAe ef rprte'Ifa-
tsres 81 the Slatt " KENTUCKY:
"stH: The undersigned petitioners, appointed
b5 the coio1sh cMtzehs Of the s'ase, III conssn,'en
tnlnipR 10 our school Interc.-Arh whereas, Il II
fact well known 10 your honorable h01F. that
VT, as colored c!tlzenH Of This Commonwealth, are
deprived Of our Rchool priyuefet, anil were II not
for The aid given bf tho General Government
10 Our schools our Children would be left, to A
great extent 10 gravel IN gnorapce as In the tiark
new condhlon, they would, Of necessity, occupy Il
position that would not he cnvict&, no. not crcu
by the nost debascd OF earth.
Its 10 your honorable body that We ionk fol-
redress from the wrongs OF which VIC hre Justly
complaining. blr apreais hnre been male 10 you
twice or thrice or ihla en]cct, and to your honor
pcAls and n laN wns passed 10 al1ow the taxes
collected from colorcd citizens to he apptcd TO
co,ored fchoos; also. m e1irao5i!ansg az Of TWO
paufcr tax-but for so:ue cause iheso laws arc not
executed for re have spn!ed ~, .sa,1 nd again e
have been inya,iably refused.
- These iaxes have l,ceh collected from a., set
VIC receive no hencat from them. Many Of onr
PEOPLE hpre paid tho taxed 1pr year, yc1, from
Inc earliest Inception ol tho common school sya-
lem IN this etate, md YET the commissioners Ia
Mcn collected 10 Justify SCHOOL Or scnoolA
sin one or two districts tho school fund has
been ob'ainrd for coorco SCHOOLS, bu1, MIR y hns
hten question with Us why thls exception should
bt uude In one or two d1atrctA Htli all the others