[2] Parker, N.H., _Missouri as it is in 1867_, p. 424.

[3] Woodson, C.G., _Education of the Negro Prior to 1861_, p. 159-168.

[4] _Missouri State Convention of 1865_, Art. IX.

[5] _Laws of State of Missouri_, Adjourned Session 23d General a.s.sembly, p. 177.

[6] _Laws of the State of Missouri_, _op. cit._, p. 191.

[7] _Ibid._, p. 173.

[8] Ira Divoll, see Schaff, _Hist. of City and County of St. Louis_, Vol. I, p. 843; R.D. Shannon, see Davis, W.B., _Ill. Hist. of Mo._, p.

587.

[9] _Ibid._, p. 550.

[10] _Ann. Reports_ of Supt. of Pub. Schools, 1871-'72-'73-'74.

[11] _8th Ann. Report of Supt. of Pub. Schools_, 1874, p. 37.

[12] _7th Ann. Report of Supt. of Pub. Schools_, 1873, p. 250.

[13] _7th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1873, p. 281.

[14] _Ibid._, p. 256.

[15] _Journal of Education_, Vol. II, No. 1, p. 5, St. Louis, 1869.

[16] _Report of Commissioner of Education_, 1870, p. 202.

[17] N. H. Parker, _Missouri as it is in 1865_, p. 53. _Op. cit._

[18] _Report of Commissioner of Ed._, 1871, p. 260.

[19] _Parker_, _op. cit._, p. 54.

[20] _1st Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools of Missouri_, 1867, p. 9.

[21] _27th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools of Mo._, 1877, p. 17.

[22] _5th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools of Mo._, 1871, p. 125-245.

[23] _7th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools of Mo._, 1873, pp. 233-300.

[24] _9th Annual Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1875, p. 23.

[25] _Missouri State Const.i.tution of 1840_, Art. 6.

[26] _5th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1871, p. 6.

[27] _8th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1874, p. 5.

[28] _2nd Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1868, p. 10.

[29] _Journal of Education_, 1869, Vol. I, p. 181.

[30] _Laws of State of Mo._, Adj. Sess., 24th a.s.sembly, p. 170.

[31] See page 140 of this work.

[32] _Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1874, p. 44.

[33] _Laws of State of Mo._, Adj. Sess., 27th a.s.semb., p. 168.

[34] _A Bill to establish mixed schools._

[35] _9th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1875.

[36] _Report of Com. of Ed._, 1870, p. 202.

[37] _26th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1876, p. 12.

[38] _Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1867, p. 28.

[39] _Ibid._, 1868, p. 59.

[40] _6th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1872, p. 257.

[41] E.H. Davis, _Clark County_. See _7th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1872, p. 246.

[42] _Ibid._, p. 45.

[43] _8th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1873, p. 38.

[44] _Ibid._

[45] _9th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1875, p. 18.

[46] _Laws of State of Missouri_, 25th Gen. a.s.s., 1869, p. 86.

[47] _Laws of State of Missouri_, Reg. Session, 25th Gen. a.s.semb., p.

164.

[48] _26th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1876, p. 12.

[49] _27th Gen. a.s.semb._, Adj. Sess., p. 168.

[50] _7th Ann. Report of Gen. a.s.s._ Adj. Sess., p. 233. By reading the annual letters of the county superintendents the fact is brought out that most of the colored schools of that period were in the towns and cities. It was in the rural districts that the Negro suffered most.