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To: Luis Gonzalez

The literary rate was only 90% in New England. The south had hordes of illiterate whites, indeed some of the planter class in Virginia were near illilerate. New England had the highest literary rate on the planet back then.


2,434 posted on 12/22/2005 10:06:40 PM PST by Torie
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To: Torie

The poster did not specify New England.


2,442 posted on 12/22/2005 11:00:34 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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