Note 7 — The Penning of the Negro—CHARLES CHAUVEAU COOK
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Per cent. of illiteracy. Colored population in 1860 4,441,830. Of this about 9 per cent. (488,070) was free—perhaps ½ of this was literate, i.e., about 5 per cent. of the whole. Equal 95 per cent. or higher. Colored population above 10 years in 1870 equal whole population, 4,880,009, less 28.7 per cent. equals under 10 leaving 3,464,806. Above 10, unable to write, 2,789,689. Equal 80 per cent. Colored population above 10 years in 1880 4,601,207. Above 10, unable to write, 3,220,878. Equal 70 per cent. Colored population above 10 years in 1890 5,328,972. Above 10, unable to write, 3,042,668. Equal 57.1 per cent. Colored population above 10 years in 1900 6,415,581. Above 10, unable to write, 2,853,194. Equal 44.5 per cent.