Instruction Prohibited

"Ti'ie cily has passed an ordinnnce, by whiBfi ony person thal teaches cwy penon of color, slave orjree, to rcad ur tcrite, or causes e: cii persons to be sotaiight, is subjecledto a fine of ihirty dollars for cack offence; and every perso of color who siia'II keep o school to teacli readingor writing1 Í3 subject to a fine of ti'ïirLy dolJars, or to be imprisoned ten duys and whipped thiriy-nine Jashes.'JJ" This or(ünance, it will be perceived, extenus its prohibl'fpns bevond the late of the Stale inasmuch as c places undcr the ban, reading as well es writintf, and embraces not the case of the slave merely, but olso that of iheree negro.- Savannuh City Laws, GEORGIA SLAVE LAWS. In Georgia, fa vh:e teach a free negro o a eiavt!, to read or write, he i$ fined $500, nnd imprisonnd at tbe diecretion of the court. If liie ofTender be a colered maiK boud or free, he is to be fined or whipped at the diecretion of the court. VIKGIMA HUMAMTr! "We have" saya Mr. Berry, in a speech i the Uoiife of Delegat ps of Virginia in 1332, 'as far ns possible closed every avenue by H-hich Jig-bt might enter their fthe elaves) mind=. If we could e.xtinguish tfie caoacity to see lig!u, oor work vould be completeí; they would then be on a level ivith the beasts of the field, and we should besafe. I am not certain that we would not do it, if we could find out !he nocessary process, and tJiat on the plea of necessity."