Charles Sumner: “In the absence of public schools, to a large extent, where Slavery exists, the dependence must be upon private schools…”

“In the absence of public schools, to a large extent, where Slavery exists, the dependence must be upon private schools; and yet even here the Slave States fall below the Free States, whether we consider the number of schools, the number of pupils, the number of teachers, or the amount paid for their support.”