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The history of the New-York African free-schools, from their establishment in 1787, to the present time : embracing a period of more than forty years : also a brief account of the successful labors, of the New-York Manumission Society : with an appendix, containing specimens of original composition, both in prose and verse, by several of the pupils : pieces spoken at public examinations : an interesting dialogue between Doctor Samuel L. Mitchill, of New-York, and a little black boy of ten years old : and lines illustrative of the Lancasterian system of instruction

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The history of the New-York African free-schools, from their establishment in 1787, to the present time : embracing a period of more than forty years : also a brief account of the successful labors, of the New-York Manumission Society : with an appendix, containing specimens of original composition, both in prose and verse, by several of the pupils : pieces spoken at public examinations : an interesting dialogue between Doctor Samuel L. Mitchill, of New-York, and a little black boy of ten years old : and lines illustrative of the Lancasterian system of instruction / by Charles C. Andrews, teacher of the male school.
Author
Andrews, Charles C.
Publication
New-York : Printed by Mahlon Day, no. 376 Pearl-Street, 1830.

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Reason, Patrick H.
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148 p. : ill.; 19 cm.
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  • "New-York African Free School, no. 2, engraved from a drawing taken by P. Reason, a pupil, aged 13 years"--frontispiece, p. [2].
  • Signatures: [1]⁶ 2-⁶
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Sc Rare 370.974-A (Andrews, C. C. History of the New-York African free-schools)
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07042229
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  • 919649
  • NYPGR919649-B
Author
Andrews, Charles C.
Title
The history of the New-York African free-schools, from their establishment in 1787, to the present time : embracing a period of more than forty years : also a brief account of the successful labors, of the New-York Manumission Society : with an appendix, containing specimens of original composition, both in prose and verse, by several of the pupils : pieces spoken at public examinations : an interesting dialogue between Doctor Samuel L. Mitchill, of New-York, and a little black boy of ten years old : and lines illustrative of the Lancasterian system of instruction / by Charles C. Andrews, teacher of the male school.
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New-York : Printed by Mahlon Day, no. 376 Pearl-Street, 1830.
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Reason, Patrick H.
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