He would not Africanize America; for America has too much to teach the world and Africa. He would not bleach his Negro soul in a flood of white Americanism, for he knows that Negro blood has a message for the world. He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of Opportunity closed roughly in his face.

IwrotetoacousinwhohadgoneintotheturpentinebusinessincentralNorthCarolina,andheassuredmethatnobetterplacecouldbefoundintheSouththantheStateandneighborhoodinwhichhelived:

Masses of Negroes stood idle, or, if they worked spasmodically, were never sure of pay;

It stifles me—God, must I sit and sew?

So far from sweet real things my thoughts had strayed,I had forgot wide fields; and clear brown streams;

The blows were not administered with a light hand, I assure you, and doubtless the severity of the lashing has made me remember the incident so well

I often find myself wondering if I am not living the past over again. The visions are so terribly distinct that I almost imagine them to be real.

The doctor stamped his foot at him in a rage, and exclaimed, "Get out of the way, you little damned rascal! If you don't, I'll cut off your head."

The garret was only nine feet long, and seven wide. The highest part was three feet high, and sloped down abruptly to the loose board floor.

Most earnestly did she strive to make us feel that it was the will of God: that He had seen fit to place us under such circumstances; and though it seemed hard, we ought to pray for contentment.

which her mistress one day begged as a loan, promising to pay her soon. The reader probably knows that no promise or writing given to a slave is legally binding; for, according to Southern laws, a slave, being property, can hold no property.

“Never mind, Henry! I hope it will not always be so with you. <ou havebeen kind and faithful to me and the Colonel, and I ll do anything I can foryou!” sympathetically said Mrs. Franks, who, having been a concealedspectator of the interview between Henry and the old people, had justappeared before them.  Wiping away the emblems of grief which stole down his face, with a deeptoned voice upgushing from the recesses of a more than ironpierced soul, heenquired, “Madam, what can you do! Where is my wife"” To this, Mrs.Franks gave a deep sigh. “Never mind, never mind!” continued he, “yes, Iwill mind, and by——!”  “2! Henry, I hope you ve not taken to swearing! I do hope you will not giveover to wickedness! 2ur afÁictions should only make our faith the stronger.”  “ Wickedness. /et the righteous correct the wicked, and the Christi

He cared nothing about it, so long as he received the money for my labor.

for the favors he could render them; and a few years after his arrival in Missouri he was elected to a seat in the legislature

The man who stole me as soon as I was born, recorded the births of all the infants which he claimed to be born his property, in a book which he kept for that purpose.

The slave was made to say some very smart as well as impressive things in reply to his master--things which had the desired though unexpected effect; for the conversation resulted in the voluntary emancipation of the slave on the part of the master.

I suffered much from hunger, but much more from cold. In hottest summer and coldest winter, I was kept almost naked--no shoes, no stockings, no jacket, no trousers, nothing on but a coarse tow linen shirt, reaching

"It is better that a dozen slaves suffer under the lash, than that the overseer should be convicted, in the presence of the slaves, of having been at fault."

Two ye_ars later she sued successfully for the return of her son Peter from enslavement 1n Alab~ma

Your grievances, brethren, are many. We shall not attempt, in this short address, to present to the world all the dark catalogue of this nation’s sins

Years have rolled on, and tens of thousands have been borne on streams of blood and tears, to the shores of eternity.

Remember, also to lay humble at the feet of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, with prayers and fastings. Let our enemies go on with their butcheries, and at once fill up their cup. Never make an attempt to gain our freedom of natural right, from under our cruel oppressors and murderers, until you see your way clear*

that I shall not only be assailed by those whose greatest earthly desires are, to keep us in abject ignorance and wretchedness, and who are of the firm conviction that Heaven has designed us and our children to be slaves and beasts of burden to them and their children.

If he con-tinues to live, it can only be for vengeance; for soon· he shall rise ...

that a negro's as vile as a dog; society rejects him; men detest him; the laws curse him ....

explained that formality in singing was an evil to be avoided,

Theresa herself must be the bearer, or survive only to witness them executed agreeably to the desires of the enemy.

Olive and laurel binds Her golden hair:

While the tomb safe retains its sacred trust, Till life divine re-animates his dust.

And sails to Zion through vast seas of day.

HAIL, happy saint, on thine immortal throne

he was instantly cut and pounded on his body with great inhumanity

My master was immediately sent for.

In this manner I had been travelling for a considerable time, when one evening, to my great surprise, whom should I see brought to the house where I was but my dear sister!

This common is often the theatre of war; and therefore when our people go out to till their land,

they should not have me again, and so paid them Ten Dollars for me,