Slater Fund Education Of the Negro Virginia State Superintendent of Public Education Biennial Report to the State Legislature “A little learning is a dangerous thing, and to the negro this is especially true…." The John F. Slater Fund for the Education of Freedmen was created in 1882 for the encouragement of industrial education among negroes in the South. long report Tags: Charlotte County News - Index I charlottecountynews.us Education News concerning African Americans and Other Interesting ArticlesContinue ReadingPrevious Previous post: Sketches and Recollections of LynchburgNext Next post: Scott, James Related News Vaughters, Ro January 4, 2016 Vessey, J. H. Rev. January 4, 2016