lection.
Whf'n Harlem Wo In
Vo Uf' is a m terfully arti ic
boo . It contain a ealth of
local color. information.
hi tor' I in' ht and of
i I and rti ic feelin . The
U.UltJeC1
Pass I pol toes, please
'R I I.pietlse
PtlSS th« bmId, pleose
PtlSS th« '. iN
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rll ptlS$ th jogin
I'll ptlS$ up Ih� imming
Pll PGSS up th« tennis
ru ptISS up t bicyclin
th� ht, pI�
rll ptlSS up t lecture
rll up 1M JNWIClti;rl
rll ptlS$ up lit advic«
./1 up tit elp
',Itt,
, readin, public, may send
copies 0/ their poetry-for
«liting and itn permis
sion to �n groups 0/
12 poems Of more 10 Black
Resources, Inc. PHC. 410
Central Park West, N�
York. NY 10025. POetry
tected should normally
appear within 12 10 20
ks. Because 0/ staff
limitations. no cop; are
retumed.
Inst� ot osr USUQ/ /0CIlS
0" t � works 0/ outstandin
blacks of yut�r.
tho« hI would b4i" I�
ith II dif/�"t ap
protlCIt. w� Iltou,It, our
f'«ltkrs m' Itt � inl� i"
w at st""",S i" 1M
A/rial" Fift Scltools 0/ N
York Cily re rNdin, IIboflI
famous nd "01 SO fi
blacks 0/ 'It'yftIT in 1816.
One 0/ I books JU«J in
1M African Fift Schools
Sic" d
dOiao/hr
To WII' Is
do" 0/
in POdry compil«l by A.
MOil (Milh/on DoY. 1826).
", .And �_
sons of colour 0 ntjoy I
i nlimtlbk priYi/� 0/ FIft
dam. dthB by birthri,1rJ or
by mtIIIfcipatio". ilwtlpi¥ar
in mind. 11.11' by , 600d
co"duct' 'Y nol OItIy prO..
ote lMir 0 ,
bUI thai IMY IIdWJCQ/� 1M
of U"i�1 EmImcipo-
lion. by sltowin, I wOrld
t ir ctl/)Qbilily .... 0/ nejoyin
t �n�fllS 0/ society, and
proYidin com/ortably lor
If' I "
A
y
The folio' is a Valedic
tory ddress, composed and
_ po en an Annual Exami-
n tion, by Andre R. Smith.
ed 14 years, on his and
o her vin the - Yor
African Free-Se 001, April,
1822.
Re peered Patrons and
Friends,-
I. With much diffidence, I
ri to address you on a sub
ject hicb i of eat impor
tance. both to myself and to
those of my fello -school
mates. ho are about to leave
th' 001. I feel it my duty.
on this occasion, to return my
humble than to those
entlemen bo have so long
been, and ill are the sup
porte of thi valu ble insti
tution. I con' er m f
under many and areat 0 lip
tions to you; d my ardent
d ire and . hes are, that
you m y nouri and prosper
in thi ben 0 ent undertak-
'"
i\l1 r) U � '" ,:- C � '""'" - .: �
pro e a to our-
ves, and to the community
. th hich Providence no
calls us to mix.
w� s« Ihal Ih fJBSOn
d�/iv�ring this ya� dictory
addnss a "giant" 0/ our
past h�n kno lhe /01-
lowin about th� N York
African Free-School: ,
, . ,The "Clarkson Associ-
tion," for instructin dult
females of colour. com
menced in the prin of 1811.
and conducted ten or
t elve year by number of
YOUR fernal of the Society
of Friends. This the first
institution that came under
the' ppellatio of Sabb. th
Sc 001 in city, here
t ere are no so many. It
tauaht on that day, because
those people had generally
more leisure to attend, than
on other d ys of t � :
but th bene olent fem
soon ppropri ed also one
afternoon in the middle of
th eex, for uch ere t
liberty to ttend. There ere
a considerab number of
ed omen, as en t ose
in th prime of life. ho
earned to read, and rejo ed
tly in the acquisition-=-
pu
3. The fol
are ta from one of the
• y papers o( 1824:-" e
the of ttendin
t annual exami tion of
the $COO of the '
Yor African Free School;'
d are free to confi ,
e never cieri ed more
. f etion, or felt a deeper
interest in y school e ibi
lion. m and female
0015 ere united on t '
occasion, and the ole
number presen about ix
hundred. The e erci of the
sc oIar ere commenced by
an address spo en by one of
the ; in hich re in-
cluded thirteen lin from
Co • in favour of liberty,
innina ith I
'For there i yet a liberty
unsung.' .
.t. "The e in tion ere
in reading. "ting, arithm -
tic, a critical e amination in
raphy, and a
rammar c ; ith a recita-
tion of er appropriate
pieces; and an e hibition of
or done by the females in
their department, (thi
branch of their education is
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