Dan Ceppa -> John Massey wrote:
 ->> On 06 May 08  04:41:25, John Massey got back to Dan Ceppa
 ->> Re: In case you missed the co

 TR>>> After all.........`everybody' had to know the Civil War was going on
 TR>>> (hell...it was in all the papers!).

 DC>> And, just how many blacks were able to read at the end of the Civil
 DC> War?

 JM>> AS a percentage of total numbers based on race I would be surprised if
 JM>> it was much higher than southern whites.
 JM>> Perhaps someone will look up the numbers.

 DC> Approx 88% of whites could read.  Only about 22% of blacks were literate.

 DC> Your assumption is completely false.

Your stats are not documented. You made them up.

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