vices, besides indolence, attributed to the slaves, vices which were the inevitable fruits of their condition, — lying and stealing, — the experience here is very gratifying, as well as generally

The Flood of Freedmen from General Sherman's MarchAfter the arrival of General Sherman's army in Savannah hundreds of new freedmen each day entered the lines in his Army's wake. These people mostly just started walking after his army had come through. No food, no clothing and no shelter had been left behind by the army. General Saxton and others issued an appeal for assistance from the north. (See General Saxton's Appeal , See National Freedman's Relief Appeal) Schools were opened in Savannah on General Sherman's entrance. In December 500 pupils were entrooed. Ten African Americans were the firstteachers. This work was organized by the secretary of the American Tract Society, Boston. Two of the largest of the schools were in "Bryan's slave mart," where selling of humans took place a few days before it was turned into a school.

What was doneOn November 14, 1868 Jonathan Jasper Wright wrote a letter to the AMA stating what had been accomplished in Beaufort. He closes his letter with: "I know that the hand of God is in his great work of elevating my people. I thank him for the American Missionary Association, for their have not been in vain."

In the New England Freedmen's Record April, 1865 Report General Rufus Saxton is quoted: "So far as the operations of this department were intended as a trail of the capacity