A Negro, capable of teaching a school, was nowhere near.

White young men of the South, generally, looked upon the work of teaching "niggers" with the utmost contempt; and any man who suggested the name of a white young lady of Southern birth as a teacher for the colored children was actually in danger of being shot by any member of the insulted family who could handle a pistol.
An advertisement was inserted in the Washington Post to the effect that a teacher was wanted.

In answer to this advertisement Mr.Leonard came.

He was a man above the medium height, and possessed a frame not large but compactly built.

His forehead was low and narrow; while the back of his head looked exceedingly intellectual.