Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-26

educate themselves as best they could
AT any rate, there was 40 opposition
to the education of the free colorct
people until the revolution Of the
blacks In Hayti; and | doubt that tina
event had much influence on the ques
ton In this vicinity, though it certainly
had III other parts. At the opening D
the century, it appears, there was
certain kindly encouragement given t.
all free negroes in this city who man
Tested any wish for education ana up
hitting. The ultimate result, | hold is
visible in the happy conditions of TO-
day.
From 1917 to 1927 the negroes were
emancipated; but long before that
time, in fact, in 1855, a society was OF
ganized, with the declaration that .hav-
ing witnessed the sulferings of The col
Iored population and the frequent inius-
| ice done to free persons of color We
40 organize society for the promotion
u hlahuinisslon OF slaves. ana protec-
tloh or such Of them as have been or
may be liberated In 1909 the Public
School Society was formed; in the
| memorial Of December IL il IS stated
mat the object Of this society is to
provide for the education Of those chill
dren who do not belong to nor are pro
Vided for by any religious society The
| ManumiSSion Society accepted il as q
particular duty to establish schools for
| colnrcd children; the Public School So
| clcty did not exclude cuiorcd children
from its philanthrOpy The first school
| OF the former society was opened Oh
November !, 1877, with registry Of
| twelve pupils. The teacher was COR
| nclius Davis, a white man, who left 4
| good position to take UP the work: he
| WAS paid SEQ for six months labor.
In the following year this little school
had twcnty-nine pupils. ana III the year
next succeeding fifty-six. Efforts t.
educate the negroes Of the city and
state have been continued to thu pr, s-
cnt day.
The first colored teacher VAS probably
John Tcasman. who in l,s7 WA made ass
slstant to William rirrson. thon principal
OF the Gin street school AT a salary ~
$500 a year. Tcasmdn was Itid X2p It
year; subsequently he vas appointed
principal. but at lower salary than hi-
predecessor. Ills appointment seems not
to have been In rcspou-e TO any partic-
ulJr demand: the demand .ur tolprrI
teachers came later when tar negroes
ciamorcd FOR tn, resignation VIZ HI IN.
Andrews a white man appointed to the
cliff street school IN lN. ana sUbscuucut-
~ transferred I'd the William street auI
thcn'tp the Mulberry street school. Thi-
man spent tWcnty-three years In the COL
ored schools. pra'tir1lN giving Up his
lifa To- their development, even though
the intcligcnt. ut tEr u,.-D rrr. WAN
thcn hcld WI small regard Hfu -trc HI
SAVING that NOR. uT MY uInils attained
To- large recognition thtl ~. pfltiIs 5f
all the teachers since his TIM, Never
thelc~S hl4 success was his oHu undo
inc. fDr IN. ..ly. -Lr r4-rl.e -u,h puntj-
denrr ~ themselves that tnry eouu forced
him out II rnak, room tur men ~ their
own race. \ colDrrl priuripIi however
yyns t,nt i-u,r.,i{ ,r,.t,- ',.-,,ir'+si
'.WrlI. Hill clInnr mn colorri tc3rhare
,y.te ,nrit fnn.J 4nd HI il-t tl. AI.Hrini--
.inn Snricty aruYur',I trt- III rIuI.rt,rt
negroes could lr found they wouiG Ice
.ippoiutrd even l., me higu,st poSiiion-
Then n committee, ,f r,I.rrd mon sat
Ihnrit IN tInI tb.m. th.,- w,rt i, <cW
RnchcII. 1mnnt. Miner piir.s Iud thrr.
induced INN Peterson, ANA I,ansnrn J.,
Wafr WIZ wore cmr1,ynd a. waters
IN r,.tiirn rn %ay Yirk ana t5iya fhaN tx-
amynatinn- Both were nld pupils III
Nit tnlrny,y .1j natb srt.carjtJ pr-
.r'.,, II lit, .,,I III Jb,, I,r,,.,, ,t-,ra
t,itn brrr ,,f rI,rl s,hoo,l fb,,, our
race had liz first cxpcrieucr with schools
bnth tturh- 1n1 Yttrrdcd Nv negroes.
: Till tftrr thi- tt,n, fh. regard shows
th,t thr, r,-isrrrod ltt.udafI,, III mi nu-
siGnnts va t., IN i>.i ,h.r, were seven
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