[46] _Laws of State of Missouri_, 25th Gen. Ass., 1869, p. 86.
[47] _Laws of State of Missouri_, Reg. Session, 25th Gen. Assemb., p. 164.
[48] _26th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1876, p. 12.
[49] _27th Gen. Assemb._, Adj. Sess., p. 168.
[50] _7th Ann. Report of Gen. Ass._ Adj. Sess., p. 233. By reading the annual letters of the county superintendents the fact is brought out that most of the colored schools of that period were in the towns and cities. It was in the rural districts that the Negro suffered most.
[51] _8th Ann. Report of Supt. Of Schools_, 1874, p. 165-219.
[52] Asa E. Martin, _Our Negro Population_, p. 165.
[53] _9th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, p. 90 to 136.
[54] _Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1867, p. 10.
[57] _2nd Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1868, p. 94.
[59] _Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1875, p. 77.
[60] _Reg. Session, 28th Gen. Assembly_, p. 349.
[61] _Ency. of History of St. Louis_, Vol. IV, p. 2076.
[62] _14th Ann. Report of Bd. of Dir. of St. Louis Pub. Schools_, 1868, pp. 63 and 67.
[63] _Report of Commissioner of Education_, 1871, p. 264.
[64] _Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1876.
[66] _Report of Commissioner of Education_, 1871.
[68] _Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1873, p. 253-303.
[72] _8th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1874, p. 165.
[73] _Report of Commissioner of Education_, 1870, p. 204.
[74] _44th Ann. Catalog of Lincoln Institute_, p. 6.
[75] _4th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1870, p. 36.
[76] _Adj. Session 25th Gen. Assembly_, 1870, p. 136.
[77] This fact can be verified by studying abstracts from the State Superintendents' reports for this period. These abstracts are found in the Reports of the Commissioner of Education for this period.
[78] _Ann. Cyclopedias_ for 1870-75. Art. Missouri.
[80] _9th Ann. Report Supt. of Schools_, 1874, p. 7.
[81] _9th Ann. Report of Supt. of Schools_, p. 6.
[85] _Report of Commissioners of Education_, 1880, p. 184.
[88] _Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1877, p. 18.
[89] _Rev. Statutes of Mo. 1879_, Vol. II, p. 1861.
[90] In this period a very noteworthy step was taken by the Negro teachers. In 1878 they organized a State teachers' association. In that year its meeting was held in Columbia, Missouri, and a number of professors in the State University took an active part. The next year the Association met in Jefferson City. Since that time, the meeting of the Association has become an annual affair.