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The Colored Regulars in the United States Army by T. G. Steward
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a. Average attendance of colored children at public
schools in 1855 913

Average attendance of colored children in
corporate schools supported by school funds
(Colored Orphan Asylum) 240
---- 1,153

b. Proportion of average attendance in public
schools of colored children to whole number
of same is as 1 to 2.60.

2. The number of white children in the city of New
York in 1855 (estimated as above), between the ages of
4 and 17 years 159,000

a. Average attendance of white children in public
schools in 1855 43,858

Average attendance of white children in
corporate schools supported by public
funds 2,826
------ 46,684

b. Proportion of average attendance of white children
in public schools to whole number of same
is as 1 to 3.40.

3. From these facts it appears that colored children attend
the public schools (and schools supported by public funds in
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