History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880

Updated: 2024-4-18

Status: Completed

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880 Novel Chapters

List of most recent chapters published for the History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880 novel. A total of 155 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024

Latest Release: Chapter 1 : History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880.Vol 1.by George W. Williams.PREFA
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880.Vol 1.by George W. Williams.PREFACE.I was requested to deliver an oration on the Fourth of July, 1876, at Avondale, O. It being the one-hundredth birthday of the American Republic, I determined to pre

1 History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880.Vol 1.by George W. Williams.PREFACE.I was requested to deliver an oration on the Fourth of July, 1876, at Avondale, O. It being the one-hundredth birthday of the American Republic, I determined to pre 2024-4-23
2 CHAPTER II.THE NEGRO IN THE LIGHT OF PHILOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, AND EGYPTOLOGY.CUs.h.i.+M AND ETHIOPIA.--ETHIOPIANS, WHITE AND BLACK.--NEGRO CHARACTERISTICS.--THE DARK CONTINENT.--THE ANTIQUITY OF THE NEGRO.--INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE.--THE MILITARY AND SOCIAL CON 2024-4-23
3 [31] Smyth's Unity Human Races, chap. II, p. 41.[32] Herodotus, vii., 69, 70. Ancient Univ. Hist., vol. xviii. pp.254, 255.[33] Strabo, vol. I. p. 60.[34] It is not wise, to say the least, for intelligent Negroes in America to seek to drop the word "Neg 2024-4-23
4 [58] Physical History of Mankind, vol. ii. pp. 45, 46.CHAPTER IV.NEGRO KINGDOMS OF AFRICA.BENIN: ITS LOCATION.--ITS DISCOVERY BY THE PORTUGUESE.--INTRODUCTION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION.--THE KING AS A MISSIONARY,--HIS FIDELITY TO THE CHURCH PURCHASED BY WH 2024-4-23
5 Fawning followed envy in the heart of the king of Dahomey; and a large emba.s.sy was despatched to the powerful Kudjoh, congratulating him upon his military achievements, and seeking a friendly alliance between the two governments. Peace was now restored; 2024-4-23
6 "The typical Negro is the true savage of Africa; and I must paint the deformed anatomy of his mind, as I have already done that of his body."The typical Negroes dwell in petty tribes, where all are equal except the women, who are slaves; where property 2024-4-23
7 It is a mistaken notion that has obtained for many years, that the Negro in Africa is physically the most loathsome of all mankind. True, the Negro has been deformed by degradation and abuse; but this is not his normal condition. We have seen native Afric 2024-4-23
8 [79] Savage Africa, pp. 424, 425.[80] Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi, pp 625, 626.[81] Savage Africa, pp 426, 427.[82] Uncivilized Races of Men, vol. i. p. 94.[83] Through the Dark Continent, vol. i. p. 344 _sq._; also vol. ii.pp. 87, 88.[84] Li 2024-4-23
9 "'Do you wish to see Zanzibar, boys?' I asked."'Ah, it is far. Nay, speak not, master. We shall never see it,' they replied."'But you will die if you go on in this way. Wake up--shake yourselves--show yourselves to be men.'"'Can a man contend w 2024-4-23
10 Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!Where are you going to battle now?"There is really something modern in this deep lament of the n.o.ble savage!The following war song of the Wollof, though it lacks the sonorous and metrical elements of real poetry, contains true mi 2024-4-23
11 Let him drop in the road, then.No, he has a big stick: Shove him on!Oh, matta-b.i.+.c.ho! matta-b.i.+.c.ho!Who will give me matta-b.i.+.c.ho_?"Of this song Mr. Reade says,-- "_Matta-b.i.+.c.ho_ is a bunda compound meaning _kill-worm_; the natives suppos 2024-4-23
12 The annual trade-returns presented to Parliament show that the declared value of British and Irish produce and manufactures exported to the West Coast of Africa, arranged in periods of five years each, has been as follows:-- EXPORTS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.184 2024-4-23
13 The "Greybo language," spoken in and about Cape Palmas, has been reduced to a written form; and twenty thousand copies of eleven different works have been printed and distributed. There are about seventy-five thousand natives within fifty miles of Cape 2024-4-23
14 [108] Bishop Scott's Letter in the Colonization Herald, October, 1853.[109] In Methodist Missionary Advocate, 1853.[110] Gammell's History of the American Baptist Missions, pp. 248, 249.[111] Edward W. Blyden, L.L.D., president of Liberia College, a Wes 2024-4-23
15 The Negro in this country has begun to enjoy the blessings of a free citizens.h.i.+p. Under the sunny sky of a Christian civilization he hears the clarion voices of progress about him, urging him onward and upward. From across the ocean, out of the jungle 2024-4-23
16 In 1699 the government buildings at James City were destroyed. The General a.s.sembly, in an attempt to devise means to build a new Capitol, pa.s.sed an act on the 11th of April of the aforesaid year, fixing a "duty on servants and slaves imported"[164] 2024-4-23
17 [150] Beverley, p. 235. [151] Hening, vol. ii. p. 170; see, also, vol. iii. p. 140. [152] Beverley, p. 195. [153] Hening, vol. i. p. 396. [154] Ibid., vol. ii. p. 283. [155] Campbell, p. 160; also Bacons Rebellion. [156] Hening, vol. ii. pp. 490, 491. [15 2024-4-23
18 [200] Ibid., vol. vi, p. 112.[201] Hening, vol. iii. pp. 87, 88.[202] Ibid., vol. ii. p. 267.[203] Ibid., vol. iv. pp. 133, 134.[204] Ibid., vol. iv, p. 133.[205] Ibid., vol. vii. p. 95; and vol. vi. p. 533.[206] Ibid., vol. iv. p. 131.[207] Ibid., vol. i 2024-4-23
19 "_Provided always, and be it_, &c., That no slave whatsoever in this colony shall at any time be admitted as a witness for or against any freeman in any case, matter or cause, civil or criminal, whatsoever."[236]So when the door of the Christian Church 2024-4-23
20 "William Smith, Esq." now took the floor to sum up. He told the jury that it was "black and h.e.l.lish" to burn the town, and then kill them all; that John Hughson, by his complicity in this crime, had made himself blacker than the Negroes; that the c 2024-4-23
21 [219] Dunlap's History of New York, vol. i. p, 58.[220] O'Callaghan, p. 385.[221] Van Tienhoven.[222] Hildreth, vol. i. p. 441; also Hol. Doc., III. p. 351.[223] Annals of Albany, vol. ii. pp. 55-60.[224] O'Callaghan, p. 353. N.Y. Col. Docs., vol. ii, 2024-4-23
22 The Indians, it seems, were "worse scared than hurt, who seeing a blackamore in the top of a tree looking out for his way which he had lost, surmised he was _Abamacho_, or the devil; deeming all devils that are blacker than themselves: and being near to 2024-4-23
23 Here, as in Virginia, an impost tax was imposed upon all Negro slaves imported into the colony. We will quote section 3 of the Act of October, 1705, requiring duty upon imported Negroes; because many are disposed to discredit some historical statements ab 2024-4-23
24 "We account all generally from Sixteen to Sixty that are healthfull and strong bodys, both House-holders and Servants fit to beare Armes, _except Negroes_ and _slaves_, whom wee arme not."[339]The law of 1707--which is the merest copy of the Virginia la 2024-4-23
25 _Query_. Can he recover the legacy, and how?I have just observed that in your last you desire me to say something towards discouraging you from removing to Providence; and you say, any thing will do. At present, I only say, you will do well enough where y 2024-4-23
26 "_Ans._ Until the Circ.u.mstances of _Abraham's_ purchase be recorded, no Argument can be drawn from it. In the mean time, Charity obliges us to conclude, that He knew it was lawful and good."It is Observable that the _Israelites_ were strictly forbidd 2024-4-23
27 [267] Dr. George H. Moore says Josselyn's Voyages were printed in 1664. This is an error. They were not published until ten years later, in 1674. In 1833 the Ma.s.sachusetts Historical Society printed the work in the third volume and third series of thei 2024-4-23
28 [306] Drake, p. 714. I cannot understand how Dr. Moore gets 1,514 slaves in Boston in 1742, except from Dougla.s.s. His "1742" should read 1752, and his "1,514" slaves should read 1,541 slaves.[307] "There is a curious ill.u.s.tration of 'the way of 2024-4-23
29 [351] "Her correspondence was sought, and it extended to persons of distinction even in England, among whom may be named the Countess of Huntingdon, Whitefield, and the Earl of Dartmouth."--SPARKS'S _Was.h.i.+ngton_, vol. iii. p. 298, note.[352] Sparks 2024-4-23
30 Discouraged by the failure of the House and General Court to pa.s.s measures hostile to the slave-trade, the people in the outlying towns began to instruct their representatives, in unmistakable language, to urge the enactment of repressive legislation on 2024-4-23
31 "_Be it therefore Enacted_ by the Governor Council and House of Representatives that whoever shall after the Tenth Day of April next import or bring into this Province by Land or Water any Negro or other Person or Persons whether Male or Female as a Slav 2024-4-23
32 [412] Ethiope, p. 12.[413] Bolingbroke, pp. 346-348.CHAPTER XVI.THE COLONY OF MARYLAND.1634-1775.MARYLAND UNDER THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 1630.--FIRST LEGISLATION ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION IN 1637-38.--SLAVERY ESTABLISHED BY STATUTE IN 1663.--THE DISCUSSIO 2024-4-23
33 [415] Cabinet Cyclopaedia, vol. i. p. 61.[416] See Bacon's Laws, also Holmes's Annals, vol. i. p. 250.[417] The following appeared in the Plantation Laws, printed in London in 1705: "Where any negro or slave, being in servitude or bondage, is or shall 2024-4-23
34 "17. _Answ_. For English, Scotts and Irish, there are so few come in that we cannot give a certain acco't. Som yeares come none; sometimes, a famaly or two, in a year. And for Blacks, there comes sometimes 3 or 4 in a year from Barbadoes; and they are s 2024-4-23
35 [448] Pres. Stiles's MSS.[449] Freedom and Bondage, vol. i. pp. 272, 273.CHAPTER XIX.THE COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND.1647-1775.COLONIAL GOVERNMENT IN RHODE ISLAND, MAY, 1647.--AN ACT Pa.s.sED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN 1652, BUT WAS NEVER ENFORCED.--AN ACT SPECIFY 2024-4-23
36 orders, and that at all times, be ready to show ourselves, "Your Lords.h.i.+ps' obedient servant, "SAMUEL CRANSTON, _Governor_."NEWPORT, ON RHODE ISLAND, December 5, 1708."[458]So in nine years there had been no Negro slaves imported into the colony; 2024-4-23
37 The cruel practice of manumitting aged and helpless slaves became so general in this plantation, that the General a.s.sembly pa.s.sed a law regulating it, in February, 1728. It was borrowed very largely from a similar law in Ma.s.sachusetts, and reads as 2024-4-23
38 [466] Ibid., p. 330.[467] Ibid., vol. iv. p. 209.[468] R.I. Col. Recs., vol. iv. p. 454.[469] Ibid., vol. iv. p. 471.[470] Ibid., vol. iv. pp. 415, 416.[471] R.I. Col. Recs., vol. v. pp. 72, 73.[472] R.I. Col. Recs., vol vi. pp. 64, 65.[473] R.I. Col. Rec 2024-4-23
39 The Carolinas received two different charters from the crown of Great Britain. The first was witnessed by the king at Westminster, March 24, 1663; the second, June 30, 1665. The last charter was surrendered to the king by seven of the eight proprietors on 2024-4-23
40 CHAPTER XXII.THE COLONY OF NORTH CAROLINA.1669-1775.THE GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION OF NORTH CAROLINA FAVORABLE TO THE SLAVE TRADE.--THE LOCKE CONSt.i.tUTION ADOPTED.--WILLIAM SAYLE COMMISSIONED GOVERNOR.--LEGISLATURE CAREER OF THE COLONY.--THE INTRODUCTION OF 2024-4-23
41 "You are not to give your a.s.sent to, or pa.s.s any law imposing duties on negroes imported into New Hamps.h.i.+re."[506]New Hamps.h.i.+re never pa.s.sed any law establis.h.i.+ng slavery, but in 1714 enacted several laws regulating the conduct of serva 2024-4-23
42 The reasons that led the trustees to prohibit slavery in the colony are put thus tersely.-- "1st. Its expense: which the poor emigrant would be entirely unable to sustain, either in the first cost of a negro, or his subsequent keeping. 2d. Because it wou 2024-4-23
43 purchase any slave imported from Africa or elsewhere after this date."Meetings were numerous and spirited throughout the colonies, in which, by resolutions, the people expressed their sentiments in reference to the mother country. On the 18th of July, 17 2024-4-23
44 "It was agreed unanimously to reject all slaves; and, by a great majority, to reject negroes altogether."Ten days later, Oct. 18, 1775, a committee of conference met at Cambridge, consisting of Dr. Franklin, Benjamin Harrison, and Thomas Lynch, who conf 2024-4-23
45 "I am your Excellency's most obedient, humble servant, "N. GREENE."_To his Excellency_ GEN. WAs.h.i.+NGTON, _Headquarters, New York_."[543]To the evidence already produced as to the indiscriminate employment of Negroes as soldiers in the American arm 2024-4-23
46 "It is further voted and resolved, that upon any ablebodied negro, mulatto, or Indian slave, enlisting as aforesaid, the officer who shall so enlist him, after he shall have pa.s.sed muster, as aforesaid, shall deliver a certificate thereof, to the maste 2024-4-23
47 The theatre of the war was now transferred from the Eastern to the Middle and Southern colonies. Ma.s.sachusetts alone had furnished, and placed in the field, 67,907 men; while all the colonies south of Pennsylvania, put together, had furnished but 50,493 2024-4-23
48 "Yours of the 18th came yesterday. I am glad to find the Legislature persist in their resolution to recruit their line of the army for the war; though, without deciding on the expediency of the mode under their consideration, would it not be as well to l 2024-4-23
49 [540] Force's American Archives, 4th Series, vol. iv. pp. 84, 85.[541] Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed, vol. i. p. 135.[542] Force's American Archives, 5th Series, vol. ii. pp 160, 162.[543] Force's American Archives, 5th Series, vol. i p. 486.[ 2024-4-23
50 Two Negro soldiers especially distinguished themselves, and rendered the cause of the colonists great service. Major Pitcairn was a gallant officer of the British marines. He led the charge against the redoubt, crying exultingly, "The day is ours!" His 2024-4-23
51 THE NEGRO WAS CHATTEL OR REAL PROPERTY.--HIS LEGAL STATUS DURING HIS NEW RELATION AS A SOLDIER.--RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN THE Ma.s.sACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO PREVENT THE SELLING OF TWO NEGROES CAPTURED UPON THE HIGH SEAS.--THE CONTINENTAL CONG 2024-4-23
52 "Agreeable to a Resolve of Court we send to Castle Island and place under your care the following Negroes, viz.: [19] Men, [10] Women, [5] Children, lately brought into this Port in the Spanish retaken s.h.i.+p Victoria. The Men are to be employed on the 2024-4-23
53 On the 6th of May, 1783, Gen. Was.h.i.+ngton wrote Sir Guy Carleton:-- "In the course of our conversation on this point, I was surprised to hear you mention, that an embarkation had already taken place, in which a large number of negroes had been carried 2024-4-23
54 [603] From Mr. Bancroft's MSS., America, 1783, vol. ii. Quoted by Dr.Moore.[604] Sparks's Was.h.i.+ngton, vol. viii. p. 428, note.[605] Works of Hamilton, vol. vii. p. 191.[606] Sparks's Was.h.i.+ngton, vol. viii. pp. 431,432.[607] Sparks's Was.h.i.+n 2024-4-23
55 "CHARLES W. DORSEY, _of Elkridge_."After the death of his mother, Banneker dwelt alone until the day of his death, having never married, his manners were gentle and engaging, his benevolence proverbial. His home became a place of great interest to visit 2024-4-23
56 "Your most obedient humble servant, "BENJAMIN BANNEKER."Mr. Jefferson, who was Secretary of State under President Was.h.i.+ngton, sent the great Negro the following courteous reply:-- "PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30, 1791."SIR,--I thank yo 2024-4-23
57 PROGRESS OF THE SLAVE-TRADE.--A GREAT WAR FOR THE EMANc.i.p.aTION OF THE COLONIES, FROM POLITICAL BONDAGE.--CONDITION OF THE SOUTHERN STATES DURING THE WAR.--THE VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.--IMMEDIATE LEGISLATION AGAINST SLAVERY DEMANDED.--ADVERTIs.e. 2024-4-23
58 From "The Independent Chronicle," March 9, 1780:-- "_To be_ SOLD, for want of employment, an exceeding likely NEGRO GIRL, aged sixteen."From the same, March 30 and April 6, 1780:-- "_To be_ SOLD, very Cheap, for no other Reason th 2024-4-23
59 New England had better ideas of popular government for and of the people, but her practical position on slavery was no better than any State in the South. The Whig party was the dominant political organization throughout the Northern States; but the unive 2024-4-23
60 "Mr. BUTLER declared, that he never would agree to the power of taxing exports."Mr. SHERMAN said it was better to let the Southern States import slaves than to part with them, if they made that a _sine qua non_. He was opposed to a tax on slaves 2024-4-23
61 From 1785-1790, there was a wonderful change in the public opinion of the Middle and Eastern States on the subject of slavery. Most of them had pa.s.sed laws providing for gradual emanc.i.p.ation. The Friends of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania bega 2024-4-23
62 "JOHN ADAMS, _Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate_."Approved--March the twenty-second, 1794.G'o: WAs.h.i.+NGTON, _President of the United States_."In 1797 Congress again found themselves confronted by the d 2024-4-23
63 Clapperton and other travellers among the Negro tribes of interior Africa, attest the superiority of the pure Negroes above the mixed races around them, in all moral characteristics, and describe also large and populous kingdoms with numerous towns, well 2024-4-23
64 Portugal was anciently called Lusitania, and inhabited by tribes of wandering people, till it became subject to the Carthaginians and Phoenicians, who were dispossessed by the Romans 250 years before Christ. (ROLLIN.) The Carthaginians were masters of all 2024-4-23
65 10. _Psammis_.--His reign was but of six years' duration, and history has left us nothing memorable concerning him, except that he made an expedition into Ethiopia.11. _Apries_.--In Scripture he is called Pharaoh-Hophra; and, succeeding his father Ps 2024-4-23
66 "We now have Revs. Corner, Wilberforce, Evans, and their wives, all excellent missionaries, from America; then Revs. Sawyer, Hero, Pratt, and their wives, Mrs. Lucy Caulker, and other native laborers, all of whom are doing us good service. With these 2024-4-23
67 History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880.Vol. 2.by George Was.h.i.+ngton Williams.NOTE.This second volume brings the HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA from 1800 down to 1880. It consists of six parts and twenty-nine chapters. Few memories 2024-4-23
68 Two Southern States pa.s.sed resolutions,--Delaware and Kentucky: the first in favor of restriction, the last opposed to restriction.The effort to secure the admission of Missouri with a slave const.i.tution was not dead, but only sleeping. The bill was c 2024-4-23
69 "SECT. 5. _And be it further enacted_, That the troops to be raised as aforesaid may be transferred into the service of the United States, if the Government of the United States shall agree to pay and subsist them, and to refund to this State the mon 2024-4-23
70 FOOTNOTES: [5] Livermore, pp. 159, 160.[6] Mackenzie's Life of Perry, vol. i. pp. 165, 166.[7] Mackenzie's Life of Perry, vol. i. pp. 186, 187.[8] a.n.a.lectic Magazine, vol. iii. p. 255.[9] Niles's Weekly Register, Sat.u.r.day, Feb. 26, 18 2024-4-23
71 "It appears from an article in 'The Journal of the Times,' a newspaper of some promise, just established in Bennington, Vt., that a pet.i.tion to Congress for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia is about to be put in circul 2024-4-23
72 But Mr. Greeley's philosophy was as destructive as his logic was defective. He wished the slave free, not because he loved him; but because of the deep concern he had for the welfare of the free, white working-men of America. He was willing the Negro 2024-4-23
73 [15] Sumner's Works, vol. i. p. 336.[16] At the election that took place on the 9th of November, 1846, the vote stood as follows: Winthrop (Whig), 5,980; Howe (Anti-Slavery), 1,334; Homer (Democrat), 1,688; Whiton (Independent), 331. The number of ti 2024-4-23
74 "That a plan had been submitted to them by the above-named gentlemen, for the liberal education of Young Men of Color, on the Manual-Labor System, all of which they respectfully submit to the consideration of the Convention, are as follow: "The 2024-4-23
75 PENNSYLVANIA._Pittsburgh_--John B. Vashon._Philadelphia_--John Bowers, William Whipper, J. C. Morel, Benjamin Paschal, F. A. Hinton._Carlisle_--John Peck._Lewistown, Miffin County_--Samuel Johnson.NEW YORK._New York City_--William Hamilton, Thomas L. Jenn 2024-4-23
76 "From the history there laid down, your Committee would, most respectfully, request the Convention to aid, so far as in their power lies, those who are obliged to seek an asylum in the province of Upper Canada; and, in order that they may more effect 2024-4-23
77 CHAPTER VII.NEGRO INSURRECTIONS.THE NEGRO NOT SO DOCILE AS SUPPOSED.--THE REASON WHY HE WAS KEPT IN BONDAGE.--NEGROES POSSESSED COURAGE BUT LACKED LEADERS.--INSURRECTION OF SLAVES.--GEN. GABRIEL AS A LEADER.--NEGRO INSURRECTION PLANNED IN SOUTH CAROLINA.- 2024-4-23
78 [31] Atlantic Monthly, vol. vii. pp. 728, 744.[32] Atlantic Monthly, vol. vii. p. 737.[33] Richmond Enquirer, August 26, 1831.[34] Richmond Enquirer, August 26 and 30, 1831.CHAPTER VIII.THE "AMISTAD" CAPTIVES.THE SPANISH SLAVER "AMISTAD&quo 2024-4-23
79 The Thirty-first Congress was three weeks attempting an organization, and at last effected it by the election of a Southerner to the Speakers.h.i.+p, the Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia. President Zachary Taylor had called the attention of Congress to the ad 2024-4-23
80 "Representatives from free States in favor of the bill, 44."Representatives from slave States in favor of the bill, 69.---- 113."Representatives from free States against the bill, 91."Representatives from slave States against the bill, 2024-4-23
81 "'That, upon the facts agreed to by the parties, they ought to find for the plaintiff.' The court refused to give such instruction to the jury, and the plaintiff, to such refusal, then and there duly excepted.The court then gave the followi 2024-4-23
82 persons. Article v, Sec. 1, exempted "negroes, mulattoes, and Indians"from service in the militia. In March, 1819, "_An Act Respecting Free Negroes, Mulattoes, Servants, and Slaves_" pa.s.sed. Sec. 1 required Negro and Mulatto persons 2024-4-23
83 We, the subscribers, your humble pet.i.tioners, desire that you would, in your capacity, put a stroke in your next warrant for calling a town meeting, so that it may legally be laid before said town, by way of vote, to know the mind of said town, whether 2024-4-23
84 A deeply rooted prejudice shut the Negro out from the trades. He could not acquire the art of setting type, civil engineering, building machinery, house carpentering, or any of the trades. The schools of medicine, law, and theology were not open to him; a 2024-4-23
85 Daguerrotypes were all the "rage." Photography was unknown. Mr. Ball had an excellent run of custom, and was making money rapidly.As operator, Mr. Ball soon discovered that Mr. Thomas was a man of quick perception, thorough, and entirely trustwo 2024-4-23
86 never legislated against educating Colored persons, but the prejudice was so strong that it amounted to the same thing. The intolerant spirit of the whites drove the Colored people of Hartford to request a separate school in 1830. Prejudice was so great a 2024-4-23
87 FLORIDA.On the 28th of December, 1848, an act was pa.s.sed providing "for the establishment of common schools." The right to vote at district meetings was conferred upon every person whose property was liable to taxation for school purposes; but 2024-4-23
88 Melancthon Smith, Jno. Bleeker, James Cogswell, Lawrence Embree, Thomas Burling, Willett Leaman, Jno. Lawrence, Jacob Leaman, White Mattock, Mathew Clarkson, Nathaniel Lawrence, Jno. Murray, Jr.Their school, located in Cliff Street, between Beekman and Fe 2024-4-23
89 In 1837, by the will of Richard Humphreys, who died in 1832, an "Inst.i.tute for Colored Youth" was started. The sum of ten thousand dollars was devised to certain trustees who were to pay it over to some society that might be disposed to establ 2024-4-23
90 MRS. HALL'S SCHOOL.During this period Mrs. Anne Maria Hall started a school on Capitol Hill, between the old Capitol and Carroll Row, on First Street, east.After continuing there with a full school for some ten years, she moved to a building which st 2024-4-23
91 MISS MYRTILLA MINER'S SEMINARY for Colored girls was initiated in Was.h.i.+ngton. This philanthropic woman was born in Brookfield, Madison County, New York, in 1815. Her parents were farmers, with small resources for the support of a large family. Th 2024-4-23
92 Was.h.i.+ngton is a woman of native refinement, and has an excellent apt.i.tude for teaching, as well as a good education. Her schools have always been conducted with system and superior judgment, giving universal satisfaction, the number of her pupils be 2024-4-23
93 "Not a little anxiety was felt lest certain of his adherents might be summoned as witnesses, whose testimony would lessen the chances of acquittal, and possibly involve their own lives. John A. Andrew (afterward Gov. Andrew) gave it as his opinion, a 2024-4-23
94 PART 7._THE NEGRO IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION._ CHAPTER XIV.DEFINITION OF THE WAR ISSUE.INCREASE OF SLAVE POPULATION IN SLAVE-HOLDING STATES FROM 1850-1860.--PRODUCTS OF SLAVE LABOR.--BASIS OF SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.--SIX SECEDING STATES ORGANIZE A NEW GOVE 2024-4-23
95 SOUTH CAROLINA.--R. B. Rhett, R. W. Barnwell, L. M. Keitt, James Chestnut, Jr., C. G. Memminger, W. Porcher Miles, Thomas J.Withers, W. W. Boyce.A president and vice-president were chosen by unanimous vote.President--Honorable Jefferson Davis, of Mississi 2024-4-23
96 Here, then, is the position of Mr. Lincoln set forth with deliberation and care. He was opposed to any coercive measures in settling the slavery question; he was for gradual emanc.i.p.ation; and for admitting States into the Union with a slave const.i.tut 2024-4-23
97 "In obedience to the orders of the President of these United States of America, I have landed on your sh.o.r.es with a small force of National troops. The dictates of a duty which, under the Const.i.tution, I owe to a great sovereign State, and to a 2024-4-23
98 "_Dear Sir_: I have just read yours of the 19th instant, addressed to myself through the New York Tribune."If there be in it any statements or a.s.sumptions of fact which I may know to be erroneous, I do not now and here controvert them."If 2024-4-23
99 European governments were growing impatient at the dilatory policy of our nation; and every day we were losing sympathy and friends. Our armies were being repulsed and routed; and Columbia's war eagles were wearily flapping their pinions in the blood 2024-4-23
100 "CONTRABANDS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA."DEPARTMENT OF STATE, } "WAs.h.i.+NGTON CITY, December 4, 1861. } "_To Major-General George B. McClellan, Was.h.i.+ngton_: "GENERAL: I am directed by the President to call your attention to the 2024-4-23