Finally in 1787 the efforts of Benezet reached their culmination in the construction of a schoolhouse, with additional funds obtained from David Barclay of London and Thomas Sidney, a colored man of Philadelphia.

The pupils of this school were to study reading, writing, arithmetic, plain accounts, and sewing.[1] [Footnote 1: _Special Report of the U.S.Com.

of Ed._, 1871, p.

375.] With respect to conceding the Negroes' claim to a better education, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, the Polish general, was not unlike Benezet.

None of the revolutionary leaders were more moved with compassion for the colored people than this warrior.