There are instances where negroes are also anxious to obtain a collegiate education, and become school teachers.
Q.I do not know that you are able to state to what extent they actually attend school in the hill districts?
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I am not.
Q.You speak both of your own plantation and of other plantations as well as your own in that regard?
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I am speaking of the alluvial lands along the Mississippi River.
Q.In Arkansas?
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Not only in Arkansas, but in Louisiana and Mississippi; I will say the alluvial lands on the Mississippi River between Memphis and Vicksburg.
Q.Are the negroes on those lands generally having the same opportunities for education that they do on your plantation?
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Oh, yes, sir; there is a common school system.
Q.And it is as prevalent in Louisiana and Mississippi as in Arkansas?
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