────────────────────┬────────┬───────────┬─────────┬────────┬────────── │ │ │ │ Income │ │ Number │ │ │ for │ │ of │ Counted │ │Current │ Value of States │Schools │Attendance │Teachers │Expenses│ Property ────────────────────┼────────┼───────────┼─────────┼────────┼────────── Total │ 153│ 17,299│ 828│$380,933│$2,305,054 ════════════════════╪════════╪═══════════╪═════════╪════════╪══════════ Baptist Local │ │ │ │ │ Conventions │ 110│ 11,250│ 474│ 181,914│ 821,295 African Methodist │ │ │ │ │ Episcopal │ 17│ 3,212│ 187│ 129,778│ 800,609 African Methodist │ │ │ │ │ Episcopal Zion │ 11│ 1,207│ 77│ 37,600│ 316,950 Colored Methodist │ │ │ │ │ Episcopal │ 9│ 1,313│ 72│ 25,991│ 328,200 Five Small Church │ │ │ │ │ Boards │ 6│ 317│ 18│ 5,650│ 38,000 ────────────────────┴────────┴───────────┴─────────┴────────┴────────── From this table it will be seen that there are 153 institutions supported entirely by colored people; that they have over 17,000 students, 828 teachers, an annual income of $380,933, and property valued nearly $2,500,000. These figures represent conservative compilations by the United States Bureau of Education. Significant as these facts are, however, they do not represent the sum total of the conditions which the Negroes make for the maintenance of schools. They contribute large sums annually to schools under white denominations, and to independent schools. _Colored Baptist Schools._—It is to be expected that the Baptist denomination with its large membership should lead in the support of schools. [Illustration] [Illustration: ALLEN UNIVERSITY, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. One of the leading institutions under colored management. It was founded in 1880 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church of South Carolina. It has 20 teachers, 450 pupils, an income of $16,000, and property valued at nearly $100,000. ] Though there are several national organizations of Negro Baptists, none of them seem to own or maintain any educational institution. The schools are owned and directed by State or local organizations or by independent boards of trustees selected from the membership of Baptist churches. The origin of the national and State associations was suggested in the discussion of the white Baptist Boards. The local Baptist associations are composed of churches located in one or more counties. The following table presents the important facts for these schools by States: BAPTIST LOCAL CONVENTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS.