-> On 19 May 08  03:09:48, John Massey got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: In case you missed the co

 DC>> Approx 88% of whites could read.  Only about 22% of blacks were
 DC> literate.
 
 DC> see tinyurl.com/63k7t7

 JM> Ok I looked. It said nothing about southern whites.

The info should be sufficient to make a reasonable conclusion.  

As it is, I found tinyurl.com/5ecwe  

It shows the black literacy rate in the mid 1800,s was 5%  

I found another that shows southern white literacy at 69%  

It's actually the high illiteracy rate that is the major problem 
that still extends into the 21st century.  


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