literacy. While outlining their plans for a school, the Columbia delegation also revealed that a sabbath school for Blacks had been opened in Columbia in January 1819.13 This school had 85 registrants consisting of almost equal numbers of adults and children. Of these, about 40 attended regularly with what

The Defense of Columbia June 1863 By Patrick M. McSherry Late June 1863 was not a very inspiring time for the Union. In the last two years the Army of the Potomac had four different commanders. Its men and officers had learned the meaning of defeat first hand at Fredericksburg. Murfreesboro and

County, free Black communities tended to emerge where slaves had been held. Further references to Bethel in Payne"s history are sparse. For 1841 it was reported that the Columbia circuit had 1 school, 3 teachers, and 30 scholars. The Lancaster circuit, by comparison, had 1 school, 3 teachers, and 20

was such that some 400 million copies were published and purchased. All of this helps support the statement that he was the most popular American storyteller who ever lived. Today there is a growing interest in Alger's writings as Americans look to the past, seeking for and re-examining those ideals