The Rev. A. D. Mayo, M. A., LL. D. Address before State Teachers' Association (Colored) Birmingham, Ala.
[5] I owe Mr. Anderson an apology for omitting this references to his book on the delivery of this address. It was prepared while its author was in a foreign land; but had passed entirely from his memory in the preparation of this address.
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The following misprints have been corrected: "responsibilitles" corrected to "responsibilities" (page 6) "imconvenience" corrected to "inconvenience" (page 9) "legslation" corrected to "legislation" (page 10) "poeple" corrected to "people" (page 10) "expectional" corrected to "exceptional" (page 18)
Other than the corrections listed above, printer's spelling and hyphenation usage have been retained.
An unmatched quotation mark has been left as presented in the original text ("Hic haec, hoc," is going to prove the ruin of the Negro" says the Rev. Steele, an erudite Southern Savan.).
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