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Morning Star
Limerick, York County, Maine
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In Santa Cruz, the island government has enacted a law requiring all slaves to attend school for four years starting from their fifth year. Dr. McElroy, wintering there, requests 500 Bibles and 1000 Testaments from the American Bible Society for these schools and connected adult Sabbath-schools to meet spiritual needs.
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Dr. McElroy, who has been spending the winter season in Santa Cruz, has written to the Secretary of the American Bible Society, that the government of the island has enacted a law that all slaves shall be sent to school for four years, beginning with their fifth year. To meet the spiritual wants of these schools, and of several large adult Sabbath-schools connected with them, Dr. McElroy has requested that the American Bible Society send out five hundred Bibles and one thousand Testaments, promising himself to see to their distribution among those who greatly need and will make use of them.
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Santa Cruz
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government enacts law mandating four years of schooling for slaves from age five; dr. mcelroy requests 500 bibles and 1000 testaments for distribution.
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Dr. McElroy writes from Santa Cruz to the Secretary of the American Bible Society about the island government's new law requiring slaves to attend school for four years starting at age five, and requests Bibles and Testaments for the schools and associated adult Sabbath-schools to address spiritual needs, promising to handle distribution.