Show PROGRESS OF THE eOL COLORED OREID PEOPLE the negroes were set tree free at the end of the rebellion there were no poorer people in modern civilization nevertheless they have hare since acquired wealth prof jones of wheeling W va lately said gaid in a generation the colored people have accumulated and pay taxes on of real estate we own and operate a street car railway in arkansas we own worth of shipping worth of five banks with a capital of and daily and weekly newt newspapers papers mental surpasses material acquisition in a quarter of a century I 1 he continued over three and a half millions of our race have leaned to read and write we have acquired and control 18 colleges crUe 84 academies and 51 high schools and seminaries we have more than teachers in the public schools 33 83 painters of merited reputation 16 sculptors 2000 physicians denti dentis sti tj lawyers 2200 ministers telegraph operators skilled workmen of all sorts and conditions 1446 engineers 1600 captains and pilots of vessels bookkeepers and stenographers and printers F fx ex x |