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History of the Negro Race in America Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the History of the Negro Race in America novel. A total of 159 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.by George W. Williams.VOLUME I.16
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880.by George W. Williams.VOLUME I.1619 TO 1800.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 d
- 101 "On the face of this wide earth, Mr. President, there is not one disinterested, determined, intelligent champion of the Union cause who does not feel that all attempts to put down the Rebellion, and at the same time uphold its inciting cause, are pre
- 102 "I beg of you a calm and enlarged consideration of them, ranging, if it may be, far above partisan and personal politics."This proposal makes common cause for a common object, casting no reproaches upon any. It acts not the Pharisee. The change
- 103 [89] Rebellion Recs., vol. vii. Doc. p. 479.CHAPTER XVII.THE EMANc.i.p.aTION PROCLAMATIONS.CONGRESS Pa.s.sES AN ACT TO CONFISCATE PROPERTY USED FOR INSURRECTIONARY PURPOSES.--A FRUITLESS APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT TO ISSUE AN EMANc.i.p.aTION PROCLAMATION.--H
- 104 Certainly no loyal man had ever entertained any other idea than the one expressed in the proclamation. It was not a war on the part of the United States to destroy her children, nor to disturb her own const.i.tutional, comprehensive unity. It must have be
- 105 Most of these companies, quite unaided by the administration, have supplied themselves with arms without regard to cost or trouble. One of these companies, commanded by the well-known veteran, Captain Jordan, was presented, a little before the parade, wit
- 106 "_Resolved_, That the sentiments contained in the paper read to this body yesterday, approving the arming of slaves, emanating from Major-General David Hunter, clothed in discourteous language, are an indignity to the American Congress, an insult to
- 107 "First. None but able-bodied persons shall be enlisted."Second. The State and county in which the enlistments are made shall be credited with the recruits enlisted."Third. All persons enlisted into the military service shall forever thereaf
- 108 "By order of the Secretary of War."E. D. TOWNSEND, "_a.s.sistant Adjutant-General_."The organization of the school was as follows: _Chief Preceptor._ JOHN H. TAGGART (Late Colonel 12th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Corps), _Professor o
- 109 "USE OF NEGROES AS SOLDIERS."One branch of Congress has rejected a bill authorizing the enlistment of negro soldiers. Mr. Sumner declares his intention to persist in forcing the pa.s.sage of such a law by offering it as an amendment to some othe
- 110 [94] Greeley, vol. ii, pp. 517, 518.[95] Many of these had previously been in the three months', nine months', and three years' service, from which they had been honorably discharged.[96] This gives Colored Troops enlisted in the States in
- 111 "BATTLE OF PORT HUDSON."In an account of the Battle of Port Hudson, the 'Times'correspondent says: 'Hearing the firing apparently more fierce and continuous to the right than anywhere else, I hurried in that direction, past the su
- 112 Mr. G. G. Edwards, who was in the fight, wrote, on the 13th of June: "Tauntingly it has been said that negroes won't fight. Who say it, and who but a dastard and a brute will dare to say it, when the battle of Milliken's Bend finds its plac
- 113 "General Smith speaks in the highest terms of the day's work, as you have doubtless seen, and he a.s.sured me, in person, that our division should have the guns we took as trophies of honor. He is also making his word good in saying that he coul
- 114 "On the second a.s.sault, June 14th, in the a.s.sault made by Gen.Paine's division, our loss was very great in wounded, and, as there was a want of ambulance men, I ordered about a hundred negroes, who were standing idle and unharmed, to take th
- 115 "It is therefore ordered that, for every soldier of the United States killed in violation of the laws of war, a Rebel soldier shall be executed; and for every one enslaved by the enemy or sold into Slavery, a Rebel soldier shall be placed at hard lab
- 116 Question. Were you in the late fight at Fort Pillow?Answer. Yes, sir.Q. Were you wounded there?A. Yes, sir.Q. When?A. I was wounded once about a half an hour before we gave up.Q. Did they do any thing to you after you surrendered?A. Yes, sir; they shot me
- 117 Q. Did you see any others shot?A. No, sir.Q. Was there any thing said about giving quarter?A. Major Bradford brought in a black flag, which meant no quarter. I heard, some of the rebel officers say: "You d.a.m.ned rascals, if you had not fought us so
- 118 Ransom Anderson (Colored), Company B, Sixth United States Heavy Artillery, sworn and examined.By Mr. Gooch: Q. Where were you raised?A. In Mississippi.Q. Were you a slave?A. Yes, sir.Q. Where did you enlist?A. At Corinth.Q. Were you in the fight at Fort P
- 119 By Mr. Gooch: Q. Were you in the fight at Fort Pillow?A. Yes, sir.Q. What is your rank and position?A. I am a First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry. A short time previous to the fight I was Post-Adjutant at Fort Pillow, and dur
- 120 A. Forrest was in command. I saw him.Q. Did you know Forrest?A. I saw him there, and they all said it was Forrest. Their own men said so.Q. By what troops was the charge made?A. They are Alabamians and Texans.Q. Did you see any thing of a flag of truce?A.
- 121 A. After I surrendered they shot down a great many white fellows right close to me--ten or twelve, I suppose--and a great many negroes, too.Q. How long did they keep shooting our men after they surrendered?A. I heard guns away after dark shooting all that
- 122 Their joy was too full, their peace too profound, and their thanksgiving too sincere to attract their attention at once to the vulgar affairs of daily life. One fervent, beautiful psalm of praise rose from every Negro hut in the South, and swelled in maje
- 123 In the District of Columbia, in 1871, there were 4,986 Colored children in 69 schools, with 71 teachers. In 1876, of Colored schools in the District, 62 were primary, 13 grammar, and 1 high, with an enrolment of 5,454.The following statistics exhibit the
- 124 Instructors. | Religious | | denomination. | | | | | SCHOOLS OF THEOLOGY. | | | | | | Alabama Baptist Normal and Theological School Selma, Ala. Bapt. 1 .Theological department of Talladega College Talladega, Ala. Cong. 2 14 Inst.i.tute for the Education o
- 125 It will be seen that the tables we give refer only to the work done in educating the Negro in the Southern States. Much has been done in the Northern States, but in quite a different manner. The work of education for the Negro at the South had to begin at
- 126 "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE FREEDMAN'S SAVINGS AND TRUST "COMPANY."_Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress a.s.sembled:_ That Peter Cooper, William C. Bryant, A. A. Low, S. B
- 127 The more the commissioners examined, the greater the liabilities of the company grew. On the 1st of October, 1875, a dividend of 20 per cent. was declared; on the 1st of February, 1878, a dividend of 10 per cent. was declared; on the 21st of August, 1880,
- 128 If these recommendations were important then, with a population of but a few millions, how much more important now, with a population of forty millions, and increasing in a rapid ratio."I would therefore call upon Congress to take all the means withi
- 129 "Know all men by these Presents, That I, Thomas Auld, of Talbot county, and state of Maryland, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars, current money, to me paid by Hugh Auld, of the city of Baltimore, in the said state, at and bef
- 130 "'Thou, taught by Fate to know Jehovah's plan, Thet man's devices can't unmake a man, An' whose free latch-string never was drawed in Against the poorest child of Adam's kin.""[Great applause.]"Prof. Green
- 131 FOOTNOTES: [123] Hiram R. Revels was the successor of Mr. Jefferson Davis. He was a Methodist preacher from Mississippi. It was our privilege to be present in the Senate when he was sworn in and took his seat.[124] This idea had been put forth in a speech
- 132 Number of students enrolled--males 375 " " " " --females 225 " " professors--males 3 " " " --females 7 The total receipts of Wilberforce University for the year was $4,547.89.The a.s.sets of Wilberforce Univers
- 133 In addition to the work done here on the field, this Church has been blessed with a true missionary spirit. It has pushed its work into "the regions beyond." In 1844 _The Parent Home and Foreign Missionary Society_ was organized by the General C
- 134 FOOTNOTES: [129] We have to thank the Rev. B. W. Arnett, B.D., the Financial Secretary, for the valuable statistics used in this chapter. He is an intelligent, energetic, and faithful minister of the Gospel, and a credit to his Church and race.CHAPTER XXV
- 135 In Kentucky the Colored Baptists are very numerous, and own much valuable property; but Virginia seems to have more Baptists among its great population of Colored people than any other State in the South.There are a dozen or more in Richmond, including th
- 136 The work was begun in the family circle. One evening it would be at brother Anderson's house, and the next evening at another brother's house, and so on until the meetings had gone around the whole community. A deep work of grace was in progress
- 137 He showed himself a power in the social life of his people by being himself a living epistle. He encouraged the young, and set every one who knew him an example of fidelity and efficiency in the smaller matters of life.His early experiences were now in de
- 138 "REVEREND D. W. ANDERSON, "therefore, be it, "_Resolved_, That we deeply deplore and lament the loss of so great and n.o.ble a pioneer in the cause of Christ, one who, like Christ, although scorned, traduced and ill-treated by enemies, went
- 139 During all these years of financial struggle the church had ever paid her notes with promptness and without difficulty. And now that the war was over, freedom granted to the enslaved, and the public again breathing easy, the little church, not weary of we
- 140 Blaine, of Maine, made a speech against it in caucus. Mr. Blaine had a presidential ambition to serve, and esteemed his own promotion of greater moment than the protection of the Colored voters of the South. And Mr. Blaine never allowed an opportunity to
- 141 In 1876 the spirit of violence and persecution which, in parts of the State, had been partially restrained for a time, broke forth again with renewed fury. It was deemed necessary to carry that State for Tilden and Hendricks, and the policy which had prov
- 142 It has been shown that the tribes of Africa are divisible into three cla.s.ses: The tribes of the mountain districts, the tribes of the sandstone districts, and the tribes of the alluvial districts; those of the mountain districts most powerful, those of
- 143 The Hon. LINN BANKS, _Speaker of the House of Delegates_._To his Excellency, the Governor of Virginia_: SIR: Perceiving that a pamphlet published in this city has been a subject of animadversion and uneasiness in Virginia as well as in Georgia, I have pre
- 144 CHARLESTON, VA., December 13, 1859.MY DEAR UNCLE: I seat myself by the stand to write for the _last_ time, to thee and thy family. Though far from home, and overtaken by misfortune, I have not forgotten you. Your generous hospitality toward me during my s
- 145 Was there a prophecy in that moment when the slave became the artist, and with rare poetic justice, reconstructed the beautiful symbol of freedom for America?[143]FOOTNOTES: [143] Was.h.i.+ngton Correspondent of the New York Tribune, December 2, 1863.Part
- 146 Bryant's Plantation, Fla. Decatur, Tenn.Oct. 21, 1864. Aug. 18, 1864.U. S. C. T. 3d Inf. U. S. C. T. 1st Hy. Art.Cabin Creek, Caddo Nation. Decatur, Ala.July 1 and 2, 1863. Oct. 28 and 29, 1864.U. S. C. T. 79th (new) Inf. U. S. C. T. 14th Inf.Cabin Creek
- 147 Oct. 11, 1864. Sept. 25, 1864.U. S. C. T. 4th Hy. Art. U. S. C. T. 118th Inf.Fort Gaines, Ala. Holly Springs, Miss.Aug. 2 to 8, 1864. Aug. 28, 1864.U. S. C. T. 96th Inf. U. S. C. T. 11th (new) Inf.Fort Gibson, Caddo Nation. Honey Hill, S. C.Sept. 16, 1864
- 148 U. S. C. T. 7th and 34th Inf. U. S. C. T. 67th Inf.Johnsonville, Tenn. Mud Creek, Ala.Sept. 25, 1864. Jan. 5, 1865.U. S. C. T. 13th Inf. U. S. C. T. 106th Inf.Jones's Bridge, Va. Murfreesboro', Tenn.June 23, 1864. Dec. 24, 1864.U. S. C. T. 28th Inf. U.
- 149 Point of Rocks, Md. Sand Mountain, Tenn.June 9, 1864. Jan. 27, 1865.U. S. C. T. 2d Cav. U. S. C. T. 18th Inf.Point Pleasant, La. Sandy Swamp, N. C.June 25, 1864. Dec. 18, 1863.U. S. C. T. 64th Inf. U. S. C. T. 5th Inf.Poison Springs, Ark. Scottsboro', Al
- 150 Wallace's Ferry, Ark. Wilmington, N. C.July 26, 1864. Feb. 22, 1865.U. S. C. T. 56th Inf. U. S. C. T. 1st. Inf.Warsaw, N. C. Wilson's Landing, Va.April 6, 1865. June 11, 1864.U. S. C. T. 1st Inf. U. S. C. T. 1st Cav.Waterford, Miss. Wilson'
- 151 Having understood that Major-General S. D. Lee was in command there, I directed my letter to him--a copy of it I enclose. You say in your letter that it has been reported to you that all the negro troops stationed in Memphis took an oath on their knees, i
- 152 Major BOOTH, _Commanding U. S. Forces, Fort Pillow, Tennessee_: I have force sufficient to take your works by a.s.sault. I therefore demand an unconditional surrender of all your forces.Your heroic defence will ent.i.tle you to be treated as prisoners of
- 153 GENERAL LEE TO GENERAL WASHBURN.HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, AND } EAST LOUISIANA, MERIDIAN, June 28, 1864. } Major-General C. C. WASHBURN, _Commanding Federal Forces at Memphis, Tennessee_: GENERAL: I am in receipt of your letter of the
- 154 In my last letter to General Forrest I stated that the treatment which Federal soldiers received would be their guide hereafter, and that if you give no quarter you need expect none. If you observe the rules of civilized warfare I shall rejoice at it, as
- 155 GENTLEMEN.--It has pleased G.o.d to grant me prosperity in my business, and to put it into my power to apply to charitable uses a sum of money so considerable as to require the counsel of wise men for the administration of it.It is my desire at this time
- 156 AUGUSTA.--_Georgia Baptist_; Wm. J. White, Editor; $2.00 per year; office, No. 633 Ellis Street.SAVANNAH.--_Savannah Echo_; Hardin Bros. & Griffin, Proprietors; $2.00; Sat.u.r.days.ILLINOIS.CHICAGO.--_The Conservator_; Barnett, Clark, & Co., Editors and P
- 157 Tanner, D.D., Editor; Rev. Theo. Gould, Publisher; circulation, G; office, 631 Pine Street.SOUTH CAROLINA.CHARLESTON.--_The New Era_; Wm. Holloway, Business Manager; $1.50 per year; Sat.u.r.days; democratic; 196 Meeting Street.CHARLESTON.--_The Palmetto P
- 158 I pray G.o.d that He may have your Excellency always in His Holy keeping.Given at the National Palace of Port au Prince, the 29th day of November, 1877.Your Good Friend, (Signed) BOISROND Ca.n.a.l.Countersigned.(Signed.) F. CARRIE, _Secretary of State_.CO
- 159 LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS. The following Colored men were Lieutenant-Governors during the years of reconstruction. At the head of them all for bravery, intelligence, and executive ability stands Governor Pinchback. One of the first men of his race to enter the