Ubi
Patria, ibi Libertas.--Anglo-African Magazine, October, 1859.

B.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION
AMONG COLORED CHILDREN.

To the Honorable the Commissioners for examining into the condition of
Common Schools in the City and County of New York.

The following statement in relation to the colored schools in said
city and county is respectfully presented by the New York Society for
the Promotion of Education among Colored Children:

1. The number of colored children in the city and county of
New York (estimated in 1855, from the census of 1850), between
the ages of 4 and 17 years 3,000

a. Average attendance of colored children at public
schools in 1855 913

Average attendance of colored children in
corporate schools supported by school funds
(Colored Orphan Asylum) 240
---- 1,153

b. Proportion of average attendance in public
schools of colored children to whole number
of same is as 1 to 2.60.

2. The number of white children in the city of New
York in 1855 (estimated as above), between the ages of
4 and 17 years 159,000

a. Average attendance of white children in public
schools in 1855 43,858

Average attendance of white children in
corporate schools supported by public
funds 2,826
------ 46,684

b. Proportion of average attendance of white children
in public schools to whole number of same
is as 1 to 3.40.

3. From these facts it appears that colored children attend
the public schools (and schools supported by public funds in
the city of New York) in the proportion of 1 to 2.60, and that
the white children attend similar schools in said city in the
proportion of 1 to 3.40; that is to say, nearly 25 per cent. more of
colored children than of white children attend the public schools,
and schools supported by public funds in the city of New York.

4. The number of colored children attending private schools
in the city of New York, 125.

a. The number of white children attending private
sc