In 1837, Governor Clarke, in his message to the Kentucky Legislature, remarked, "By the computation of those most familiar with the subject, ONE THIRD OF THE ADULT POPULATION OF THE STATE ARE UNABLE TO WRITE THEIR NAMES.
Tappan cites a statement from Governor Clarke to illustrate the high illiteracy rates in Kentucky.
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The influence of slavery on population is strikingly illustrated by a comparison between Kentucky and Ohio.
Statesmen may differ about policy, or the means to be employed in the promotion of the public good, but surely they ought to be agreed as to what prosperity means.
They are the nobility of the south, and they find it expedient to forget that there are any commoners.
The power of the slaveholders, as we have already showed you, depends on the acquiescence of the major part of the white inhabitants in their domination.