[23] _The Nation_, vol. I (1865), p. 745. [24] Laura M. Towne, _Southern Workman_, July, 1901, p. 337. Nordhoff, p. 10. [25] "Oh, none in all the world before Were ever glad as we! We're free on Carolina's shore, We're all at home and free. "We hear no more the driver's horn No more the whip we fear, This holy day that saw Thee born Was never half so dear. "The very oaks are greener clad, The waters brighter smile; Oh, never shone a day so glad On sweet St. Helen's Isle. "Come once again, O blessed Lord! Come walking on the sea! And let the mainlands hear the word That sets the islands free!" See Pierce, in _The Atlantic Monthly_, vol. XII, p. 305; _Letters from Port Royal_, p. 133. [26] _The Nation_, vol. I (1865), p. 747. [27] Botume, _First Days among the Contrabands_, p. 64. [28] _The Nation_, vol. I (1865), p. 746. [29] N. E. Freedman's Aid Society, _Annual Report_, 1864, p. 15. [30] _Senate Executive Documents_, 38 Cong., 1 Sess., vol. I, No. 1, pp. 2-6. [31] _House Executive Documents_, 41 Cong., 2 Sess., vol. VI, No. 142, p. 11. [32] _Ibid._, 39 Cong., 1 Sess., vol. VII, No. 11, p. 49. [33] _National Freedman_, Oct., 1865, p. 300. [34] Howard, _Autobiography_, vol. II, p. 221. [35] _Statutes at Large_, XIV, p. 176. [36] _Ibid._, p. 486. [37] _U. S. Bureau of Ed. Bulletin_, 1916, No. 38, pp. 269-271; _Annual Reports of Societies_, 1863-1868. [38] _The Freedmen's Record_ (1865-1874), quoted in _Bulletin_, 1916, No. 38, p. 297. [39] _The Freedman_, August, 1865, p. 12. [40] J. W. Alvord, _Semi-annual Report_, July 1, 1869, p. 81. [41] W. W. Sweet, _Methodist Episcopal Church and the Civil War_, p. 175. [42] A. D. Mayo, _Northern Churches and the Freedmen_, p. 300. [43] A. D. Mayo, _Northern Churches and the Freedmen_, p. 291. [44] _U. S. Bureau of Education Bulletin_ (1916), No. 39, p. 16. [45] _National Freedman_, May 1, 1865, p. 122; _Ibid._, April 30, 1865, p. 150. _American Freedman_, May, 1866, p. 29. [46] _Charleston Year Book_ (1880), p. 122. [47] See Carter G. Woodson, _Education of the Negro Prior to 1861_, p. 129. [48] Sidney Andrews, _The South Since the War_, p. 98. [49] _National Freedman_, June 1, 1865, p. 150. [50] _National Freedman_, Nov. 15, 1865, p. 314; _Ibid._, May, 1866, pp. 139-140. [51] J. W. Alvord, _Report_, Jan. 1, 1868, p. 27. _American Freedman_, July-August, 1868, p. 442. [52] _The American Freedman_, May, 1866, p. 261. This does not, however, indicate in all cases the number of schools at each town. [53] The school at Camden increased in size the next year. [54] J. W. Alvord, _Report_, Jan. 1, 1870, p. 25. [55] Freedmen's Aid Society of the M. E. Church, _Annual Report_, 1871, pp. 19-20. [56] Mayo, _Northern Churches and the Freedmen_, p. 300. [57] _Letters and Diary of Laura M. Towne_, p. 221. [58] _American Missionary Ass'n Annual Report_, 1870, p. 221.