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Colored parents, anxious for the education of their children, are compelled to live in the neighborhood of the schools, to gather about them,--as in Eastern countries people gather near a fountain or a well.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Colored parents, anxious for the education of their children, are compelled to live in the neighborhood of the schools…”
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Sumner illustrates the lengths to which colored parents must go to secure education for their children.
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