Chester County and its people .. . ave been done; but Brown was unrelenting, as might have beenexpected he would be, as he had won his case as it then stood, andhe demanded the dismissal of the case for want of proper Fox thereupon arose and said, The case is Dorsey went therefore free. In closing this part of the present chapter it remains onlyto be said that ^Vest Chester was well known far and wide as beingfriendly to the slave, willing to aid him in securing what was mostdear in life, freedom to follow his own inclinations and interests;and it is largely for thi
Chester County and its people .. . ave been done; but Brown was unrelenting, as might have beenexpected he would be, as he had won his case as it then stood, andhe demanded the dismissal of the case for want of proper Fox thereupon arose and said, The case is Dorsey went therefore free. In closing this part of the present chapter it remains onlyto be said that ^Vest Chester was well known far and wide as beingfriendly to the slave, willing to aid him in securing what was mostdear in life, freedom to follow his own inclinations and interests;and it is largely for this reason that so many colored people havemade and now make this city their home. They now constituteabout one-fourth part of the population, have a waid of the citypractically all to themselves, and have had representatives inthe Council. They are as well treated here in the way of educa-tion as it is possible for them to be in the present condition ofcivilization, aud are working out their own destiny to the best oftheir CHAPTER X. EDUCATION. CHArTER X. EDUCATION SCHOOLS FOSTERED BY THE CHURCH—FIRST TEACHER IN THE PROVINCE— BOOKS AND WAGES EARLY SCHOOLS OF THE FRIENDS THE FIRST COMPULSORY LAW—ESTABLISHMENT OF VARIOUS SCHOOLS STUDIES EM-BRACED STUDENTS AFTERWARDS PROMINENT MEN THE BOARDING SCHOOL FIRST SCHOOL AT WEST CHESTER ACADEMIES AND NORMAL SCHOOLS THE BUILDINGS ATTENDANCE STUDIES FACULTY—COLORED SCHOOLS FUNDS THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED THEIR EFFICIENCY HIGH SCHOOLS—GRADED SCHOOLS—INSTI-TUTES EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS—LIBRARY THE TRANSPORTING SYSTEM INTRODUCED. THE histoiy of education in Chester County is more or lessdirectly or indirectly connected with the earliest movements toeducate the young in the Province of Pennsylvania. Hence it maynot be inappropriate to briefly refer to the conditions and ideasfrom which the educational systems and institutions since thenestablished in the present county have sprung. When the fi
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