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238 The Education of the Negro
were 22,107 colored children in school in 1850,
and 28,978 in 1860. Most of these were in New
Jersey, Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania, which
in 1860 had 2,741; 5,671; 5,694; and 7,573,
respectively. l
The report on illiteracy shows further the differ-
ences resulting from the divergent educational
policies of the two sections. In 1850 there ...

