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Servants
and Slaves among the First Contributors to the Erection of the First
Chapel in New York.--The Rev. Harry Hosier the First Negro Preacher
in the M. E. Church in America.--His Remarkable Eloquence as a
Pulpit Orator.--Early Prohibition against Slave-holding in the M. E.
Church.--Strength of the Churches and Sunday-schools of the Colored
Members in the M. E. Church.--The Rev. Marshall W. Taylor,
D.D.--His Ancestors.--His Early Life and Struggles for an
Education.--He Teaches School in Kentucky.--His Experiences as a
Teacher.--Is ordained to the Gospel Ministry and becomes a Preacher
and Missionary Teacher.--His Settlement as Pastor in Indiana and
Ohio.--Is given the Title of Doctor of Divinity by the Tennessee
College.--His Influence as a Leader, and his Standing as a Preacher 465
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE COLORED BAPTISTS OF AMERICA.
The Colored Baptists an Intelligent and Useful People.--Their Leading
Ministers in Missouri, Ohio, and in New England.--The Birth, Early
Life, and Education of Duke William Anderson.--As Farmer, Teacher,
Preacher, and Missionary.--His Influence in the West.--Goes South at
the Close of the War.--Teaches in a Theological Institute at Nashville,
Tennessee.--Called to Washington.--Pastor of 19th Street Baptist
Church.--He occupies Various Positions of Trust.--Builds a New
Church.--His Last Revival.--His Sickness and Death.--His Funeral and
the General Sorrow at his Loss.--Leonard Andrew Grimes, of Boston,
Massachusetts.--His Piety, Faithfulness, and Public Influence for

Good.--The Completion of his Church.--His Last Days and Sudden
Death.--General Sorrow.--Resolutions by the Baptist Ministers of
Boston.--A Great and Good Man Gone 475
Part 9.
THE DECLINE OF NEGRO GOVERNMENTS.
CHAPTER XXVII.
REACTION, PERIL, AND PACIFICATION.
1875-1880.
The Beginning of the End of the Republican Governments at the
South.--Southern Election Methods and Northern Sympathy.--Gen.
Grant not Responsible for the Decline and Loss of the Republican State
Governments at the South.--A Party without a Live Issue.--Southern
War Claims.--The Campaign of 1876.--Republican Lethargy and
Democratic Activity.--Doubtful Results.--The Electoral Count in
Congress.--Gen. Garfield and Congressmen Foster and Hale to the
Front as Leaders.--Peaceful Results.--President Hayes's Southern
Policy.--Its Failure.--The Ideas of the Hon. Charles Foster on the
Treatment of the Southern Problem.--"Nothing but Leaves" from
Conciliation.--A New Policy demanded by the Republican Party.--A
Remarkable Speech by the Hon. Charles Foster at Upper Sandusky,
Ohio.--He calls for a Solid North against a Solid South.--He sounds the
Key-note for the North and the Nation responds.--The Decay and Death
of the Negro Governments at the South Inevitable.--The Negro must
turn his Attention to Education, the Accumulation of Property and
Experience.--He will return to Politics when he shall be Equal to the
Difficult Duties of Citizenship 516
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE EXODUS--CAUSE AND EFFECT.
The Negroes of the South delight in their Home so Long as it is

Possible for them to remain.--The Policy of abridging their Rights
Destructive to their Usefulness as Members of Society.--Political
Intimidation, Murder, and Outrage disturb the Negroes.--The Plantation
Credit System the Crime of the Century.--The Exodus not inspired by
Politicians, but the Natural Outcome of the Barbarous Treatment
bestowed upon the Negroes by the Whites.--The Unprecedented
Sufferings of 60,000 Negroes fleeing from Southern Democratic
Oppression.--Their Patient Christian Endurance.--Their Industry,
Morals, and Frugality.--The Correspondent of the "Chicago
Inter-Ocean" sends Information to Senator Voorhees respecting the
Refugees in Kansas.--The Position of Gov. St. John and the Faithful
Labors of Mrs. Comstock.--The Results of the Exodus
Beneficent.--The South must treat the Negro Better or lose his Labor
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CHAPTER XXIX.
RETROSPECTION AND PROSPECTION.
The Three Grand Divisions of the Tribes of Africa.--Slave Markets of
America supplied from the Diseased and Criminal Classes of African
Society.--America robs Africa of 15,000,000 Souls in 360
Years.--Negro Power of Endurance.--His Wonderful Achievements as a
Laborer, Soldier, and Student.--First in War, and First in Devotion to
the Country.--His Idiosyncrasies.--Mrs. Stowe's Errors.--His Growing
Love for Schools and Churches.--His General Improvement.--The
Negro will endure to the End.--He is Capable for All the Duties of
Citizenship.--Amalgamation will not obliterate the Race.--The
American Negro will civilize Africa.--America will establish
Steamship Communication with the Dark Continent.--Africa will yet be
composed of States, and "Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her Hands
unto God." 544

HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA.

Part 4.
CONSERVATIVE ERA--NEGROES IN THE ARMY AND NAVY.
CHAPTER I.
RESTRICTION AND EXTENSION.
1800-1825.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.--SLAVE
POPULATION OF 1800.--MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO
CONGRESS CALLING ATTENTION TO THE SLAVE-TRADE TO
THE COAST OF GUINEA.--GEORGIA CEDES THE TERRITORY
LYING WEST OF HER TO BECOME A STATE.--OHIO ADOPTS A
STATE CONSTITUTION.--WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY OF
INDIANA.--AN ACT OF CONGRESS PROHIBITING THE
IMPORTATION OF SLAVES INTO THE UNITED STATES OR
TERRITORIES.--SLAVE POPULATION OF 1810.--MISSISSIPPI
APPLIES FOR ADMISSION INTO THE UNION WITH A SLAVE
CONSTITUTION.--CONGRESS BESIEGED BY MEMORIALS
URGING MORE SPECIFIC LEGISLATION AGAINST THE
SLAVE-TRADE.--PREMIUM OFFERED TO THE INFORMER OF
EVERY ILLEGALLY IMPORTED AFRICAN SEIZED WITHIN
THE UNITED STATES.--CIRCULAR LETTERS SENT TO THE
NAVAL OFFICERS ON THE SEACOAST OF THE
SLAVE-HOLDING STATES.--PRESIDENT MONROE'S MESSAGE
TO CONGRESS ON THE QUESTION OF