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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