 | 1828 - 924 pages
...best schools conducted on this system are prepared in England. This school contained from 150 to 200 boys, from eight to sixteen years of age. When I entered...lessons, and their evident attention and application could not fail to strike a visitor. The sight of so many young negroes, employed in acquiring the rudiments... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1853 - 384 pages
...Among the first things which I visited, after my arrival in Hayti, was the school established at Cap Francois. The place appropriated to this purpose was...lessons ; and their evident attention and application could not fail to strike a visitor. The sight of so many young negroes, employed in acquiring the rudiments... | |
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The place appropriated to this purpose was a large building, situated in a retired and elevated part of the town, and was as properly arranged and as perfectly furnished with all the necessary apparatus, as the best schools conducted on this system are... 