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The Journal of Negro History.by Various.VOL 1.THE NEGROES OF CINCINNATI PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR The study of the history of the Negroes of Cincinnati is unusually important for the reason that from no other annals do we get such striking evidence that the
- 1 The Journal of Negro History.by Various.VOL 1.THE NEGROES OF CINCINNATI PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR The study of the history of the Negroes of Cincinnati is unusually important for the reason that from no other annals do we get such striking evidence that the
- 2 [43] It was discovered that not a few of the mob came from Kentucky.About eleven o'clock on Sat.u.r.day night a bonfire was lighted on that side of the river and loud shouts were sent up as if triumph had been achieved. "In some cases." say
- 3 W. B. HARTGROVE FOOTNOTES: [1] For many of the facts set forth in this article the writer is indebted to Miss Fannie M. Richards, Robert A. Pelham, and C. G. Woodson.[1a] Woodson, The Ed. of the Negro Prior to 1861, pp. 92, 217, 218.[2] The law was as fol
- 4 THE MIND OF THE AFRICAN NEGRO AS REFLECTED IN HIS PROVERBS As a study of folk literature of different races offers one way of understanding their mental att.i.tude toward life and its problems, the folk literature of the Negro will reveal to us his inhere
- 5 _Love_ One does not love another if one does not accept anything from him.If you love the children of others, you will love your own even better._Meekness_ If one knows thee not or a blind man scolds thee, do not become angry._Mother_ Him whose mother is
- 6 Amidst the infinite variety of moral and political subjects, proper for public commendation, it is truly surprising, that one of the most important and affecting should be so generally neglected. An encroachment on the smallest civil or political privileg
- 7 We have written laws, indeed, composed in a language we do not understand and never promulgated: but what avail written laws, when the supreme law, with us, is the capricious will of our overseers? To obey the dictates of our own hearts, and to yield to t
- 8 _Reverend Sir_, The perusal of your letter of the 15th July last, gave me much pleasure--to find that you had interested yourself to serve the glorious cause Mr. Liele is engaged in. He has been for a considerable time past very zealous in the ministry; b
- 9 George Liele.--_Baptist Annual Register_, 1790-1793, pages 339-344.ACCOUNT OF THE NEGRO CHURCH AT SAVANNAH, AND OF TWO NEGRO MINISTERS Savannah, Dec. 22, 1792._Dear Brother Rippon_, By return of Capt. Parrot in the s.h.i.+p Hannah, opportunity offers to a
- 10 After a long silence occasioned by various hindrances, I sit down to answer your inestimable favour by the late dear Mr. White, who I hope is rejoicing, far above the troubles and trials of this frail sinful state.All the books mentioned in your truly con
- 11 [4] It was committed to the care of the Editor of the Baptist Annual Register.[5] The Rev. Mr. Johnson was well known in London; he sailed for America in the fall of 1790; and laboured in the _Orphan House_ at Savannah, built by Mr. Whitefield, and a.s.si
- 12 THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY VOL. I--APRIL, 1916--No. 2 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY CONTENTS KELLY MILLER: The Historic Background of the Negro Physician W. B. HARTGROVE: The Negro Soldier in the American Revolution C. G. WOODSON: Freedom and Slavery in Appalachi
- 13 KELLY MILLER FOOTNOTES: [1] THE NEGRO CESAR'S CURE FOR POISON Take the roots of plantane and wild h.o.a.rhound, fresh or dried, three ounces, boil them together in two quarts of water to one quart, and strain it; of this decoction let the patient tak
- 14 What then resulted from the agitation and discussion? The reader naturally wants to know how many Negroes were actually engaged in the Continental Army. Here we find ourselves at sea. We have any amount of evidence that the number of Negroes engaged becam
- 15 [31] Moore, "Historical Notes," 4.[32] Hamilton's "Works," I, 76-78.[33] Moore, "Historical Notes," 13.[34] Madison's Papers, 68.[35] Letter of Hamilton to Jay, March 14, 1779; and Journals of the Continental Congre
- 16 [58] Was.h.i.+ngton, "The Story of the Negro," I, 311, Note.[59] Moore, "Historical Notes," 22.[60] Ibid., 16.[61] Bancroft, "History of the United States," X, 133.[62] Lecky, "American Revolution," 364.[63] Austin
- 17 With so many sympathizers with the oppressed in the back country, the South had much difficulty in holding the mountaineers in line to force upon the whole nation their policies, mainly determined by their desire for the continuation of slavery. Many of t
- 18 [40] See Proceedings of the American Convention of Abolition Societies.[41] Adams, "The Neglected Period of Anti-Slavery," 132.[42] Ibid., 131.[43] "The Genius of Universal Emanc.i.p.ation," 1. 142; 5. 409.[44] "The Genius of Univ
- 19 Soon the tribe of Tex fell upon Zoheir and his warriors and sorely pressed them. The pride of Zoheir, however, was great and Antar stayed far from the battle, for his heart was heavy and he was again a tender of herds. Then the day went against Zoheir and
- 20 _RAN away from his Master, Capt._ John Steel, _at the North End of_ Boston, _the 17th Instant, a Young Negro Fellow, named_ Pompey _SPEAKS PRETTY GOOD ENGLISH is about 19 or 20 Years of Age, is short in Stature and pretty long visaged, has been used to ch
- 21 TWO GUINEAS REWARD RAN AWAY a Negro Man named Prince about twenty-three years old, and about five feet six inches high, small featured, of a dark complection, his Guinea country marks on his face, SPEAKS VERY GOOD ENGLISH, has a down look; had on when he
- 22 Thomas Acken, Gaoler.New Castle Delaware, Aug. 28, 1793._The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser_, Sept. 20, 1793.100 DOLLARS REWARD Absented himself on Thursday 16th instant, from the subscriber, a Mustee Fellow named James, well known about town,
- 23 All masters of vessels are requested not to carry him off the State; and a reward of Twenty Dollars will be given to any person who will deliver him to the Master of the Work-house, or to THOMAS WARING.August 3._City Gazette and Daily Advertiser_ (Charles
- 24 RAN AWAY on the 9th Instant, October, in the Morning from the Subscriber, a Negro Man named JACK, a well set Fellow, about 5 feet 8 Inches high, full fac'd, much pitted with the Small-pox, snuffles when he speaks, READS ENGLISH, PRETENDS MUCH TO UNDE
- 25 JOHN WILSON._The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser_, Oct. 17, 1780.RAN away from the subscribers living near the Queen Tree, St. Mary's County, on the fifth day of the present month, being Easter Sunday, the following three negro men, viz.Geo
- 26 _The New York Gazette or the Weekly Post-Boy_, Aug. 21, 1766.THREE GUINEAS REWARD Ran-away from the subscriber on Wednesday evening last, a Mulato Fellow named Harry (sometimes calls himself Waters), speaks good English and tolerable German, he is about f
- 27 _Sixteen Dollars Reward_ Ran away, from the subscriber, on Monday evening last, a NEGRO LAD, named TOWER, about 18 or 19 years of age, 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high, rather square or heavy in his built, somewhat bow legged, and walks with a considerable swing
- 28 The above Reward will be paid to any person that delivers him to the Subscriber, or the Warden of the Sugar House.--Masters of Vessels are hereby warned at their peril not to harbour, or to take him off.WILLIAM MARSHALL, No. 48 Queen Street._The South Car
- 29 A stout well made Negro Fellow named BOB, about 28 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, this country born, rather bowlegged, sensible and artful, speaks quick, and sometimes stutters a little; HE MAY POSSIBLY HAVE A TICKET THAT I GAVE HIM TWO DAYS BEF
- 30 _The New York Gazette_ August 11, 1760.[1] This advertis.e.m.e.nt appears in full on pages 213-214.Ran-away from his Master Mr. James Richardson of Stonington, in the County of New London, a Molatto or Mustee Servant, of about 24 Years of Age, much Pox-br
- 31 JAMES BRICE._The Maryland Gazette_, January 4, 1798.Ran-away from the subscriber on the 19th of October last, Negro Jacob, 35 years of age, about 6 feet high, smooth face, high forehead, his wool growing in a peak leaves his temples bare, speaks low and r
- 32 RAN AWAY from the Subscribers in _Baltimore County_ in _Maryland_, a Negro Man named Charles, of middle stature, aged about 28 or 30 Years, talks tolerable English: Had on when he went away, an Ozenbrigs Frock with bra.s.s b.u.t.tons on it, dark colour�
- 41 [6] Stowe, "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin."[7] _The National Era_, April 16, 1848.[8] Memoir of Daniel Drayton.[9] John Brent, the husband of Elizabeth, the oldest of the Edmondson girls, had first bought himself, earning the money chiefly by sa
- 42 [5] "Perambulations of Cosmopolite, or Travels and Labors in Europe and America," 95.[6] Ibid., 93.[7] Ibid., _pa.s.sim._ [8] Biography and Miscellany, 30.[9] "A Journey from Babylon to Jerusalem or the Road to Peace and True Happiness,&quo
- 33 Run away from the manor of Eaton in Suffolk County on the 18th of November, a negro named Caesar, about 40 Years of age, near 5 feet 8 inches high; has thick lips, bandy legs, walks lame, and speaks very bad English; had on when he went away, a blue jacke
- 34 WILLIAM WALLACE.March 25, 1793._The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser_, March 29, 1793.Westmoreland County, Virginia, Aug. 17, 1749.RUN away from subscriber on Monday last, a Convict Servant named Thomas Winey; he professes farming, was imported l
- 35 Dr. C. G. Woodson has been asked to write for the revised edition of the "_Encyclopaedia Americana_" the article on "_Negro Education_."The Cambridge University Press has published "_The Northern Bantu_," by J.Roscoe. This is
- 36 I looked over the first number of THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY with much interest. It bears every evidence of a scientific disposition on the part of the editor and his board.Yours sincerely, Ferdinand Schevill, _Professor of European History, The Univers
- 37 _Dear Sirs:_ Please find enclosed my subscription of one dollar in cash to THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY, and permit me to congratulate you on your first publication.Very truly yours, Oswald Garrison Villard _Dear Sir:_ The first number of your magazine re
- 38 NOTES THE a.s.sOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF NEGRO LIFE AND HISTORY, INCORPORATED 41 North Queen Street, Lancaster, PA.2223 Twelfth Street, Was.h.i.+ngton, D. C.25 Cents A Copy $1.00 A Year Copyright, 1916 COLORED FREEMEN AS SLAVE OWNERS IN VIRGINIA[1]Among t
- 39 A pathetic example of this kind was the case of Negro Daniel Webster of Prince William County. At the age of sixty when an illness forced him to the conclusion that life was short, he sent a pet.i.tion to the legislature saying that he had thus far avoide
- 40 Their arrival at Was.h.i.+ngton was signalized by a demonstration vastly different but little short of that which had taken place a few days before.The wharves were alive with an eager and excited throng all intent upon a view of the miserable folks who h
- 43 Writing from Hartford in 1851, Augustus Was.h.i.+ngton stated that he was well aware that there could be nothing more startling than that a Northern colored man, considered intelligent and sound in faith, should declare his opinion and use his influence i
- 44 "_Resolved_, That this meeting look upon the American Colonization Society as a clamorous, abusive and peace-disturbing combination."_Resolved_, That this meeting look upon those clergymen, who have filled the ears of their respective congregati
- 45 [68] _The African Repository_, XXIII, 374.[69] Ibid., XXIV, 243.[70] Mr. Was.h.i.+ngton had been active in securing the a.s.sistance of a few men of superior ability and high ideals and finally entered into negotiations with the authorities for a tract of
- 46 "On the 14th April, seventy of this description of persons, in one company emigrated into and settled within Lawrence county. They were a part of a stock of slaves emanc.i.p.ated by the last will of a Mr. Ward, late of Pittsylvania county, Virginia,
- 47 "From 1810 to 1820 the rate of increase was _reduced_ to a little less than 2, or exactly two and forty-seven hundredths per cent. per annum. This indicates that emanc.i.p.ation had ceased to swell, in any appreciable degree, the number of free color
- 48 James A. Handy, _Chairman_. John H. Walker, _Secretary_.--_The African Repository_, x.x.xIII, pp. 197-199.BALTIMORE, June 4, 1852.PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF FREE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND Held in Baltimore, July 26, 27, and 28, 1852 In
- 49 B. Jenifer, chairman of the committee on the platform, made the following report, which was read by Charles O. Fisher: WHEREAS, The present age is one distinguished for enquiry, investigation, enterprise and improvement in physical, political, intellectua
- 50 E. Harris entered his protest against the adoption of the fourth resolution.A motion made to adjourn sine die at 2 o'clock P.M., was lost; and a resolution restricting each speaker to five minute speeches was adopted.William Perkins spoke of the law
- 51 Out of this ma.s.s of material examined one would expect a more unbiased treatment. The work suffers from some of the defects of most Reconstruction writers, although the author has endeavored to write with restraint and care. One man is made almost a her
- 52 C. E. PIERRE: The Work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts among the Negroes in the Colonies ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON: People of Color in Louisiana, Part I WILLIAM T. McKINNEY: The Defeat of the Secessionists in Kentucky in 1861 J
- 53 [7] _Journal_, II, 328; XIV, 48; XX, 132-133; XVI, 165-166. [8] _Proceedings of the S.P.G._, 1723, p. 46. [9] Pascoe, "Digest of the Records of the S.P.G.," 16. [10] Meriwether, "Education in South Carolina," p. 123; McCrady, "Sou
- 54 PART I The t.i.tle of a possible discussion of the Negro in Louisiana presents difficulties, for there is no such word as Negro permissible in speaking of this State. The history of the State is filled with attempts to define, sometimes at the point of th
- 55 [10] Ibid., I, 365-366.[11] In 1900 a writer in Pearson's Magazine in discussing race mixture in early Louisiana made some startling statements as to the results of the miscegenation of these stocks during the colonial period.[12] Code Noir, 1724.[13
- 56 "This leading sentiment of mediation was indorsed by the Union men of both Houses of the Legislature.... Some may say, why did not the Kentucky Legislature go for coercion? For two reasons: First, some States, it is true had seceded from the Union, b
- 57 [32] _House Journal_, 1861, p. 6.[33] Ibid., 94.[34] Nicolay and Hay, "Life of Lincoln," IV, 233.[35] Smith, "History of Kentucky," 610; Shaler, "History of Kentucky," 243.[36] Smith says in describing the period of 1861: &qu
- 58 DOc.u.mENTS TRAVELERS' IMPRESSIONS OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA FROM 1750 TO 1800 From these writers, almost all of whom were foreigners, one would naturally expect such a portraiture of slavery as persons unaccustomed to the inst.i.tution would give. Most
- 59 "Notwithstanding this humiliating state and rigid treatment to which this wretched race are subject, they are devoid of care, and appear jovial, contented and happy. It is a fortunate circ.u.mstance that they possess, and are blessed with such an eas
- 60 or intelligence by the stupidity of an Esquimaux?If the traces of humanity were so much weakened and effaced in the Negroes, that you did not recognize them, I conclude not that they do not belong to our species, but that they must have been cruelly torme
- 61 FOOTNOTES: [1] Les noirs maries font certainement autant d'enfans que les blancs; mais on a remarque que dans les villes, il perissoit plus d'enfans noirs. Cette difference tient moins a leur nature qu'au defaut d'aisance et de soins,
- 62 JOHN DAVIS'S THOUGHTS ON SLAVERY "The negroes on the plantation, including house-servants and children, amounted to a hundred; of whom the average price being respectively seventy pounds, made them aggregately worth seven thousand to their posse
- 63 Richard Allen LETTER FROM AN AFRICAN, RESIDENT IN PHILADELPHIA, TO DOROTHY RIPLEY May 17, 1803._Respected Friend_, I am perhaps presumptuous in troubling you to read this. But cannot let slip an opportunity of addressing you with what I wish you to know e
- 64 The third type of interpretation is represented here by "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The criticsm of this book is so subtle that it is difficult to indicate the outlines of it in a single paragraph. The difficulty with Mrs.Stowe's interpretati
- 65 The Journal of Negro History.by Various.Volume II 1917 SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE IN AFRICA I. THE ORIGIN AND EXTENT OF SLAVERY IN THE SEVERAL ECONOMIC ZONES OF AFRICA Slavery in Africa has existed from time immemorial, having arisen, not from any outsid
- 66 _Sheet 3-4 Sheets_]Let us turn now to a consideration of those inventions made by colored inventors since the war period, and at a time when no obstacles stood in the way. With the broadening of their industrial opportunities, and the incentive of a freer
- 67 Benezet finally became a teacher. In this field he, for more than forty years, served in a disinterested and Christian spirit all who diligently sought enlightenment. He aimed to train up the youth in knowledge and virtue, manifesting in this position suc
- 68 [43] _Ibid._, 44.[44] Vaux, "Memoirs, etc.," 42.[45] _Ibid._, 38.[46] "The African Repository," IV, 61.[47] "Slavery a Century ago," 25.[48] Vaux, "Memoirs, etc." 135.[49] _Ibid._, 134.PEOPLE OF COLOR IN LOUISIANA P
- 69 From the time of the accession of General Banks to 1876, the history of Louisiana becomes a turmoil of struggle, centering around the brother in black.[100] It is no longer romance; it is grim war, and the colored man is the struggle, not the cause of it.
- 70 [71] He was probably regarded as a quadroon who had been accepted by the white race. See Gayarre, IV, 406.[72] Gayarre, IV, p. 451.[73] _Ibid._, p. 427 et pa.s.sim.[74] For years after the Civil War, one of the most picturesque figures in New Orleans was
- 71 [112] Journal of the Convention, 124, 192, 205 et pa.s.sim.[113] Simmons, "Men of Mark," 678.[114] Journal of the Senate, 1868, p. 21.[115] Pinchback's own Statement.[116] Based on the statements of the persons partic.i.p.ating in these aff
- 72 "PHILADELPHIA, TWELFTH MONTH, 14th, 1773."_Beloved Friend_, "The pa.s.sage we were seeking for is Psalms 68, 31, 'Princes shall come out of Egypt, Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto G.o.d,'under which name all that par
- 73 FROM JOHN WESLEY "Mr. Oglethorp you know went so far as to begin settling a colony without negroes, but at length the voice of those villains prevailed who sell their country and their G.o.d for gold, who laugh at human nature and compa.s.sion, and d
- 74 _American Patriots and Statesmen from Was.h.i.+ngton to Lincoln._ By ALBERT BUSHNELL HART. P. F. Collier & Son, New York, 1916. Five Volumes.The editor deserves great credit for bringing together so much original material reflecting the thought of the men
- 75 It is easy to distinguish factors in the economic conditions in the northern and southern colonies which brought about these differences in the status of the slave in the two sections. In the trading colonies of New England and in the farming colonies of
- 76 [136] Moore, "History of Slavery in Ma.s.sachusetts," pp. 2, 10.[137] Brackett, _op. cit._, p. 20; Ballagh, _op. cit._, p. 36.[138] Ballagh, _op. cit._, pp. 47 ff.[139] Stephenson, "Race Distinction in American Law"; R. S. Baker, "
- 77 As a means of promoting his cause, Woolman published in 1762 the second part of his "Considerations on Keeping Negroes," a continuation of his appeal for the operation of the Golden Rule.[190] The overseers of the press offered to print the essa
- 78 THE TARIK e SOUDAN The sixteenth century was the golden age of science and literature in Timbuctoo. Her scholars with the University of Sankore as a center had so generously contributed to the world's thought that they had brought to that country no
- 79 A great dividing line in the history of Jamaica runs across the record between the years 1834 and 1838. On the further side lay slavery; on the hitherward side lies the freedom, partially proclaimed on August 1, 1834, and made complete and absolute on a l
- 80 (_b_) _Mollis_ in ore decor. Incert.(_c_) Me _doctarum_ ederae praemia frontium ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ._Secernunt populo. Hor. Lib. I. Od. 1._ (_d_) Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere. _Virg._ (_e_) Hic ames dici _pater_ atque princeps. _Hor.
- 81 [222] Long, "History of Jamaica," II, 478.[223] Long says: "He defined himself 'a white man acting under a black skin,' He endeavored to prove logically, that a Negroe was superior in quality to a Mulatto, or other craft, or other
- 82 This colony of Louisiana, offers a philosophic and instructive spectacle on this subject, from which I shall make a number of deductions. If nature had imparted the same instinct to negroes that she has to savages, it is certain that, instead of subjectin
- 83 FROM CHARLES GAYARRe'S UNPUBLISHED Ma.n.u.sCRIPT ON THE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN LOUISIANA "By 1830, some of these _gens de couleur_ had arrived at such a degree of wealth as to own cotton and sugar plantations with numerous slaves. They educated thei
- 84 Slavery, thou worst and greatest of Evils! Sometimes thou appearest to my affrighted Imagination, sweating in the Mines of Potosi, and wiping the hard-bound Tears from thy exhausted eyes; sometimes I view thy sable Liberty under the Torture of the Whip, i
- 85 The following from the _Brooklyn Tablet_, January 13, 1917, will interest students of the Negro Church: "Rev. Charles Randolph Uncles, of Baltimore, Maryland, received congratulatory messages from all parts of the country last month, the occasion bei
- 86 To the Honorable General Court of the Ma.s.sachusetts Bay.JONAS RICHARDSON _Capt._ ELIPHELET BODWELL _Segt_ JOSIAH FOSTER _Leutn._ EBENR VARNUM _2d Lut._ WM HUDSON BALLARD _Cpt_ WILLIAM SMITH _Capn_ JOHN MARTEN _Surgt: of a Brec_: LIEUT. RICHARD WELSH In
- 87 Additional deportation sentiment is found in the recommendations of the Union Humane Society, an anti-slavery organization founded in 1815, in Ohio, by Benjamin Lundy. Two planks in the program of the Society are noteworthy: first, it emphasized the neces
- 88 [244] Mercer's resolutions were pa.s.sed by the House of Delegates, December 14, 1816, pa.s.sed with amendment by the Senate, December 20, and concurred in by the House, December 21. Annals of Congress, 15th Congress, 1st session, II, 1774. Indiana,
- 89 [288] The other officers were as follows: William H. Crawford of Georgia Henry Clay of Kentucky William Phillips of Ma.s.sachusetts Col. Henry Rutgers of New York John E. Howard } Samuel Smith } of Maryland John C. Herbert } John Taylor of Caroline, of Vi
- 90 There were, however, other effects of slavery which offset its advantages. The slave had no true home life and without this it is impossible to train personality and character. The father felt no responsibility for children that were not really his but hi
- 91 [329] Foley, "Jeffersonian Cyclopedia," sec. 7933.[330] Hurd, _op. cit._, II, pp. 5, 83, 105, 150, etc.[331] E. C. Holland, "A Refutation of the Calumnies Circulated against the Southern and Western States Respecting the Inst.i.tution and E
- 92 The young man who won the Pasteur prize at Harvard University, who was twice chosen one of the three to represent Harvard in her debate, first with Princeton and then with Yale, the young man, who, in addition to all this honor, was finally elected cla.s.
- 93 They endured for a while and surrendered in 1801. After holding them ten months, the British restored them in 1802. The short occupation, however, materially affected the commerce of the island and as a result of further complication in the Napoleonic war
- 94 8. A slave who lifts his hand to strike a white person or threaten him with violence, shall be pinched and hung, should the white person demand it, if not to lose his right hand.9. One white person shall be sufficient witness against a slave, and if a sla
- 95 This island has had several masters; but the French abandoning it in 1696, it was purchased by his late Danish Majesty. It was then a perfect desert, but was settled with great expedition, many persons from the English islands, and among them some of grea
- 96 In the mean time the degradation occasioned by slavery in the Danish islands--the low physical, intellectual, and moral condition of the slaves, as compared with that of the liberated negroes of the British islands--is obvious and unquestionable.The worst
- 97 2. The estate negroes retain for three months from date the use of the houses and provision grounds of which they have hitherto been possessed.3. Labour is in future to be paid for by agreement, but allowance of food to cease.4. The maintenance of the old
- 98 A. By mutual agreement of master and laborer, before a magistrate.B. By order of a magistrate on just and equitable cause being shown by the parties interested.Legal marriage, and the natural tie between mothers and their children, shall be deemed by the
- 99 19th. Pregnant women shall be at liberty to work with the small gang as customary, and when confined, not to be called on to work for seven weeks after their confinement.Young children shall be fed and attended to during the hours of work at some proper p
- 100 LOUISIANA GOVERNORS.NEW ORLEANS, LA., April 19, 1917.EDITOR _Daily States_._Dear Sir_:--Recently your paper published a very interesting account of many governors of Louisiana at one time being in the Cosmopolitan Hotel, but in giving the names of the ex-