[3] Half a Man, M. W. Ovington, page 69.
[4] American Convention of Abolition Societies, 1797, p. 39.
[5] Ibid., p. 31.
[6] Ibid., p. 39.
[7] Ibid., p. 30.
[8] Ibid., 1803, p. 7.
[9] American Convention of Abolition Societies, 1805, p. 38.
[10] Ibid., 1812, p. 7.
[11] American Convention of Abolition Societies, 1812, p. 14.
[12] Inspectors of the New York African Free Schools reported to The Commercial Advertiser, May 12, 1824, that "we never beheld a white school of the same age in which without exception there was more order, neatness of dress, and cleanliness of person."