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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.[
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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;
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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]
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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;
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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