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Martha Schofield, pioneer Negro educator / Historical and philosophical review of reconstruction period of South Carolina

Chapter 21: Transcriber’s Notes
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The author offers a compact biography and historical study of a pioneering educator, tracing her decades-long commitment to schooling in Reconstruction-era South Carolina. The narrative interweaves personal anecdotes, institutional history of the Schofield School, and philosophical reflections on duty, sacrifice, and the resistance faced from social prejudice. Episodes drawn from antebellum life, educator sacrifices, administrative struggles, and broader debates about education and moral progress underlie the account.

Transcriber’s Notes

Page 7: “envitable civil conflict” changed to “inevitable civil conflict”

Page 8: “dsirable an end” changed to “desirable an end”

Page 10: “moral degredation” changed to “moral degradation” “in immense volumne” changed to “in immense volume” “pitted their poor brothers” changed to “pitied their poor brothers”

Page 12: “trenchent pen” changed to “trenchant pen”

Page 13: “at Tuskeegee” changed to “at Tuskegee”

Page 17: “life as made” changed to “life was made”

Page 18: “Wadlamaw to Edisto” changed to “Wadmalaw to Edisto”

Page 19: “instinct to enage” changed to “instinct to engage”

Page 20: “Brightnesss of Martha’s Pupils.” changed to “Brightness of Martha’s Pupils.” “Nothwithstanding” changed to “Notwithstanding”

Page 24: “concluded trat” changed to “concluded that”

Page 27: “on Februay” changed to “on February” “by the municipalites” changed to “by the municipalities” “oustide influence” changed to “outside influence”

Page 29: “science is suppossed” changed to “science is supposed”

Page 31: “phenominal rise” changed to “phenomenal rise”

Page 40: “his dristrict” changed to “his district”

Page 41: “had preceeded” changed to “had preceded”

Page 42: “the communty” changed to “the community” “prompt and preemptory” changed to “prompt and peremptory”

Page 44: “precipitated the demorilization” changed to “precipitated the demoralization”

Page 45: “recognizing the advanage” changed to “recognizing the advantage”

Page 46: “Mackie Meriwether” changed to “Makie Meriwether”

Page 47: “domoniac form” changed to “demoniac form” “most conspecious part” changed to “most conspicuous part”

Page 48: “which followd” changed to “which followed” “resulted in Conress” changed to “resulted in Congress”

Page 49: “firey speech” changed to “fiery speech”

Page 50: “reign of lawlessnes” changed to “reign of lawlessness”

Page 52: “gov-government’s” changed to “government’s?” “be arrainged” changed to “be arraigned”

Page 53: “wha was given” changed to “who was given”

Page 54: “between the the” changed to “between the”

Page 56: “the maurauders” changed to “the marauders”

Page 60: “enconomic reasons” changed to “economic reasons”

Page 62: “the enforcemnet” changed to “the enforcement”

Page 64: “barbaraties of those” changed to “barbarities of those”

Page 66: “disfranchisemnt laws” changed to “disfranchisement laws”

Page 67: “that that” changed to “than that”

Page 69: “althuogh” changed to “although”

Page 71: “firmly deternmied” changed to “firmly determined” “ make him Emporer” changed to “make him Emperor”

Page 72: “his bethrothed” changed to “his betrothed” “his jounrey” changed to “his journey”

Page 78: “generousnes of God” changed to “generousness of God” “stragetic ability” changed to “strategic ability”

Page 81: “manuel of important information” changed to “manual of important information”

Page 83: “is phenominal” changed to “is phenomenal”

Page 87: “inflamatory conditions” changed to “inflammatory conditions” “she sympatized” changed to “she sympathized”

Page 89: “compeling those responsible” changed to “compelling those responsible”

Page 93: “for off China” changed to “far off China” “espcially” changed to “especially”

Page 95: “well enough inwormed” changed to “well enough informed”

Page 97: “own populatoin” changed to “own population”

Page 110: “the fitnss” changed to “the fitness”

Page 115: “seige of Savannah” changed to “siege of Savannah”

Page 116: “the genuises” changed to “the geniuses”

Page 117: “Patent Offce” changed to “Patent Office”

Page 120: “her diciples” changed to “her disciples” “palatible” changed to “palatable”

Page 123: “Lucreta Mott” changed to “Lucretia Mott”