Addresses and Ceremonies at the New Year's Festival to the Freedmen, on Arlington Heights: And Statistics and Statements of the Educational Condition of the Colored People in the Southern States, and Other FactsMcGill & Witherow, Printers and Stereotypers, 1867 - 48 páginas Addresses to freedmen of Washington, D.C., in January 1867, mostly by local citizens, concerning the present state of freed slaves in the South and North. Also contains reports on African Americans education in Washington, D.C., in southern states, and in major black universitites; congressional acts of emancipation and universal suffrage; and advances in African American employment in the Washington, D.C., area. |
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... women , who need , and must have , the charities of the Christian public . Recently from bondage and helpless , they make a strong and touching appeal to the sympathies of the humane . " A number of ladies and gentlemen , of various ...
... women , who need , and must have , the charities of the Christian public . Recently from bondage and helpless , they make a strong and touching appeal to the sympathies of the humane . " A number of ladies and gentlemen , of various ...
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... women . Have you the mental and moral qualities to enable you to take care of yourselves in the race of life , is one of the questions that you alone can solve . Your friends believe that you possess the elements to make good citizens ...
... women . Have you the mental and moral qualities to enable you to take care of yourselves in the race of life , is one of the questions that you alone can solve . Your friends believe that you possess the elements to make good citizens ...
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... women , endowed with certain inalienable rights , among which are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . And the boon of freedom once bestowed , is not easily taken away . No force will dare to wrench it from you . Take care ...
... women , endowed with certain inalienable rights , among which are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . And the boon of freedom once bestowed , is not easily taken away . No force will dare to wrench it from you . Take care ...
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... women , young men and young women - per- sons of all ages . They were here , for the first time in their lives , brought into contact with the contents of a book , taught the alphabet , taught to spell , taught to read , until they had ...
... women , young men and young women - per- sons of all ages . They were here , for the first time in their lives , brought into contact with the contents of a book , taught the alphabet , taught to spell , taught to read , until they had ...
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... women , good and true , who are not white . In all my intercourse with men I have suffered less from the dishonesty and treachery of colored than of white men . I am here as the life - long friend of the colored man , having been born ...
... women , good and true , who are not white . In all my intercourse with men I have suffered less from the dishonesty and treachery of colored than of white men . I am here as the life - long friend of the colored man , having been born ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN aid to execute American Arlington Heights B. F. MORRIS bayonets to protect benevolent bill bless Bowen Christian church civil colored citizens colored persons colored race colored teachers constitution declared District of Columbia duty elective franchise emancipation enfranchised equal favor female pupils festival four millions freed-people freedmen Freedmen's Bureau freedom friends friends of humanity gentlemen Government happy hearts honor HORACE MAYNARD House of Representatives HOWARD UNIVERSITY humanity hundred Indiana institution interest justice labor land large number Legislature liberty loyal manhood ment military moral nation noble number of schools O. O. Howard OBERLIN COLLEGE Ohio Pastor privileges rebel rebellion rejoice Republic Sabbath-school schools regularly reporting sentiment slave slavery society South Carolina southern Sunderland superintendent Supreme Court sympathy taught thousand to-day Turney United universal suffrage village Virginia vote Washington white citizens Whole number women yourselves
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Página 48 - Now you are about to have a convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks.
Página 47 - That, until the people of said rebel states shall be by law admitted to representation in the Congress of the United States, any civil governments which may exist therein shall be deemed provisional only, and in all respects subject to the paramount authority of the United States at any time to abolish, modify, control, or supersede the same...
Página 47 - Congress, and known as article fourteen; and when said article shall have become a part of the Constitution of the United States, said State shall be declared entitled to representation in Congress, and senators and representatives shall be admitted therefrom on their taking the oath prescribed by law; and then and thereafter the preceding sections of this act shall be inoperative in said State...
Página 3 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Página 47 - ... in all respects subject to the paramount authority of the United States at any time to abolish, modify, control, or supersede the same; and in all elections to any office under such provisional governments all persons shall be entitled to vote, and none others, who are entitled to vote under the provisions of the fifth section of this act...
Página 45 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 28 - I could be instrumental in eradicating this deepest stain upon the character of our country, and removing all cause of reproach on account of it, by foreign nations; if I could only be instrumental in ridding of this foul blot that revered state that gave me birth, or that not less beloved state which kindly adopted me as her son ; I would not exchange the proud satisfaction which I should enjoy, for the honor of all the triumphs ever decreed to the most successful conqueror.
Página 47 - State, by a vote of its legislature elected under said constitution, shall have adopted the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress, and known as article fourteen, and when said article shall have become a part of the Constitution of the United States, said State shall be declared entitled to representation in Congress, and Senators and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom on their taking the oaths prescribed by law...
Página 48 - I shall pursue in the premises, regarding it a religious duty, as the nation's guardian of these people, who have so heroically vindicated their manhood on the battlefield, where, in assisting to save the life of the Republic, they have demonstrated in blood their right to the ballot, which is but the humane protection of the flag they have so fearlessly defended.
Página 48 - I regard, therefore, the exclusion of the colored people as a body from the elective franchise as incompatible with true Democratic principles.