The Afro-American press and its editors . inia, October 15th, 1850, of slaveparents, and was himself a slave until the Surrender. During the war our subjects mother was impressed withthe idea that her son should possess, at least, the ability toread and write, and she accordingly sought the aid of afellow-slave to instruct her boy several nights in the was continued until 1864, when matters became quiteheated, and the teacher began to doubt whether he couldcontinue the instruction of this youth. However, after someconsideration it was decided that he should be taught betweenthe hours
The Afro-American press and its editors . inia, October 15th, 1850, of slaveparents, and was himself a slave until the Surrender. During the war our subjects mother was impressed withthe idea that her son should possess, at least, the ability toread and write, and she accordingly sought the aid of afellow-slave to instruct her boy several nights in the was continued until 1864, when matters became quiteheated, and the teacher began to doubt whether he couldcontinue the instruction of this youth. However, after someconsideration it was decided that he should be taught betweenthe hours of ten and twelve, on Sunday mornings, duringthe absence of the people, who were at that time attendingdivine services. The master, discovering that the tutor ofyoung Jones could read and write, sold him; but the motherwas so moved to have her son educated, she secured theservices of a sick Confederate soldier, which were soonterminated by the surrender of Lee. A private school wasopened soon after the war, the lamented R. A. Perkins of. PROF. J. E. JONES. 165 166 THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS. Lynchburg being teacher. To this our subject was having considered, heretofore, the advantages a goodeducation would afford, he was now led to see how unsatis-factory his present attainments were, and became eager toimprove. Afterward, on entering the school of James , now dean of the College Department of HowardUniversity, he began to recognize more fully what it was tobe learned in the science of letters; therefore he made rapidprogress, and was regarded as one of the best pupils in theschool. In the spring of 1868 he was baptized, and connectedhimself with the Court Street Baptist church of his city. InOctober of 68 he entered the Richmond Institute, at Rich-mond, Va., for the purpose of pursuing a theological course,having a desire to propagate Scriptural truth. He completedthe academic and theological course in three years; afterwhich, he left Virginia, and entered the
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