ussia, " 50
Portugal, " 81
Spain, Not known.

FREE COLORED POPULATION--UNITED STATES.

Maine, 1 in 5
Rhode-Island, " 6-1/2
Massachusetts, " 6-1/4
New-Hampshire, " 7
Vermont, 1 in 8
Connecticut, " 6
Pennsylvania, " 8
New-York, " 9

It may be seen, by the foregoing table, that a thorough system of
education for the masses requires that one third of the aggregate
population should be kept at school for a goodly portion of the year.
This is essential, under Democratic Government, in order to bring each
generation up to the appreciative point.]

[Footnote E: The free colored population of Charleston in 1860, did not
vary materially from four thousand. The associated value of their
property would give to each $390. Each family or six persons would
possess, according to this estimate, $2840. This would be a full average
of wealth to the free population of the United States--the amount
varying in the different States from $2200 to $2500 to each family of
six persons.]

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