42/50 377.] [Footnote 4: _Proceedings of the American Convention_, etc., 1825, p. Convention_, etc., 1830, p.8; and Wickersham, _History of Education in Pennsylvania_, p. 253.] The statistics of later years show how successful these early efforts had been. By 1849 the colored schools of Philadelphia had developed to the extent that they seemed like a system. According to the _Statistical Inquiry into the Condition of Colored People in and about Philadelphia_, published that year, there were 1643 children of color attending well-regulated schools. |