Public opinion and the teaching of history in the United States

by Bessie Louise Pierce

[118] Acts of Alabama, 1896-7, p. 204. County School Book Board for the county of Winston; ibid., for the county of Limestone; ibid., p. 637, for the counties of Sumter and Madison.

[119] Acts of Georgia, 1866, p. 222. The same series were endorsed by Mississippi.

[120] Laws of Maryland, 1868, ch. IX, sec. 1, p. 756; ibid., 1870, ch. 10, sec. 1, p. 547; Laws of South Carolina, 1870, sec. 10, p. 341.

[121] Laws of Virginia, 1849, ch. 113, p. 66.

[122] Revised Statutes of North Carolina, 1872-3, sec. 59, p. 583. This provided that “no sectarian or political textbooks or influences shall be used in any public school.” In Georgia the law prescribed that “the county board of education shall not be permitted to introduce into the schools any text-book or miscellaneous books of a sectarian or sectional character.” Code of Georgia, 1882, part 1, title XIII, ch. V, par. 1274, p. 270; also Acts of 1872, sec. XXXIII, p. 75; also Laws, 1887, sec. XXIII, p. 74.

[123] Code of Georgia, 1895, sec. 5, par. 1365, Vol. I, p. 376. Legislation continued from 1872. Acts, 1872, sec. XXXIII, p. 75; also Code, 1882, part I, title XIII, ch. V, par. 1274, p. 270.

[124] General Statutes of South Carolina, 1881-82, sec. 987, p. 294. Also Laws, 1870, sec. 10, p. 341. Code, 1902, sec. 1175, p. 452; Code, 1912, sec. 1699, Vol. I, p. 472.

[125] Code of Alabama, 1897, art. 18, 1811; ibid., 1907; Session Laws of Kansas, 1897, ch. 179, sec. 4, p. 378; Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1887, 1530, sec. 58, p. 281, Laws, 1885, p. 153; Code of Washington, 1891, par. 791, 10, Vol. I, p. 292; Laws, 1883, p. 13; Codes and Statutes of California, 1876, sec. 1672, Vol. I, p. 235; ibid., 1905, Vol. I, p. 408.

[126] Revised Statutes of Idaho Territory, 1887, ch. IX, sec. 705, p. 135. Also Laws, 1866, p. 27; Laws, 1870, p. 13; Laws, 1879, p. 24; Laws, 1890, p. 148; Laws, 1893, p. 211; Code, 1908, sec. 668, Vol. I, p. 406. This last forbade “sectarian and partisan instruction.” Compiled Statutes of Montana, 1885, sec. 1893, p. 1185. The term “partisan” in some states may have referred to the teaching of religious or political doctrines. Laws of Texas, 1822-1897, sec. 1, Vol. X, p. 145. Passed in 1891.

[127] Acts of Kentucky, 1893, art. VI, par. 61, p. 1439. Approved July 13, 1893.