Note 284 — Chapter X · DOUBTFUL REMEDIES

“The older generation of negroes who were trained for service have nearly all died, and the survivors are too old to be efficient. The younger negroes are too lazy to be of much use.”—Brenham, Texas.

“Old colored servants that were trained before the war are now inefficient; the younger ones will not submit to training.”—Austin, Texas.

“Old trained colored servants are no longer to be had,—younger ones are not well trained, and consequently cannot do first class work. White servants are better trained, but scarce, and therefore independent.”—Austin, Texas.

“We have 80,000 colored people in the city. The old trained servants of slavery times are mostly passed away, and the younger ones have not been properly trained.”—Washington, D.C.

“The servants who were trained before ‘freedom’ are too old to do good work, and they are not training their children to be efficient.”—Anderson, South Carolina.

“The majority of those now seeking domestic service are ignorant, uneducated, untrustworthy.”—Biloxi, Mississippi.

“Servants have no training.”—Edgefield, South Carolina.