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OCCASIONAL PAPERS, no. i-n. Baltimore, 1894-97; New York, 

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 Slater trustees, 1882-94. no. 2. A brief memoir of the life of John 

 F. Slater, by S. H. Howe. no. 3. Education of the negroes since 

 1860, by J. L. M. Curry. no 4. Statistics of the negroes in the United 

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 tions connected with the education of the negro, by J. L. M. Curry. 

 no. 6. Occupations of the negroes, by Henry Gannett. no. 7. The negro 

 and the Atlanta exposition, by Alice M. Bacon. no. 8. Report of the 

 5th Tuskegee negro conference, 1896, by J. Q. Johnson. no. 9. A. 

 report concerning the colored women of the South, by Mrs. E. C. 

 Hobson and Mrs. C. E. Hopkins. no. 10. A study in black and white, 

 by Daniel Gilman. no. n. The South and the negro, by C. B. Galloway. 



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