The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-07
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION.
The Graded School Children are Learn
ing Some Facts About Slavery.

A few days ago there was printed
in these synopsis of the instruction. Supt.
Howell is having impaired to the graded
school children on the war. Yesterday
Prof Howell prepared gist IF the facts
relating to slavery which the children
were taught Prof. Howelrs digest,
which is packet full of information. is
as follows:
AT the close of the American Rcvou.
ton, slavery was Il custom everywhere.
and all nations allowed the stealing II
negroes from Africa to be sold as slaves.
Slavery had always existed. The am
Gent Jews owned slaves, and the laws Of
Moses provide for them. The Greeks
Romans and all other ancient people
owned slaves These slaves were white
persons and were usually captiveS taken
in war.
'"The African slave trade was begun
in 1442 by the Portuguese, who owned
much of the coast Of Africa. Later Brit
ish merchants and those of New England
derived much profit from this slave-trade.
1t was encouraged by Queen Elizabeth
and other British rulers against the pro-
tests of the Southern colonies in America.
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| South, the North being too cold for them.
| The first people to condemn the slave
trade were the Virginia. While under
British rule, twenty-three times the leg
| islature of the colony of Virginia tried
to get Great Britain to stop the selling
of slaves to America. The first Amber
| lean slave ship was The Desire" of
Salem, Mass. Many othres wer built
/ noht
| to sell to the Southern people even after
| the Southern States had passed laws
/ against it.
| 1.-The bringing of negroes from Africa
| WAS finally forbidden by the United
States and Great Britain in 1SOS. But
slavery continued. 1t was not abolished
by Great Britain till 1888 only 50 years
/ ago; and the government paid the slave
owners $1O0,O0O,OOO for their loss.
France freed its slaves in 1913, Holland
and Russia in 60, most of our Northern
| States had freed their slaves. But they
had never had many. Congress had no
| right to free all the slaves III the Union,
| for the Southern States had Joined the
Union with that agreement. But there
were many abolitioh1sts in the South.
Thos. jefferson had been the greatest of
all. ~
.'Our Civil War was not begun by the
North for the purpose of freeing the
slaves President Lincoln expressly
stated this All that he wanted was to
keep the Union from being broken up.
j After a years fighting, when it seemed
| that the South could not be conquered.
| President Lincoln in September. 1867,
| gave notice that after January l. 1868.
lall slaves i'll States still lin rebellion as
he called it, should be free. The Presi-
dent had no right to do this. but he said
is was IA military necessity" meaning
that unless this were done, the South
counld not besubdued. He thought that
for the sake of freedom many negroes
would join the Northern army, and
uprise all over the South. Some negroes
did join the Northern army, but there
was no negro uprising in the South. The
women and children were at the mercy
of 1.-THE slaves" but the negroes still
1t also shows that they had received
treat good treatment from the white PEG
pie.
After the war, Congress and the
States abolished slavery in 1860. This
wa.s IA great loss to the South, for the
slaves had cost much money. Still the
South is better off without slaves. Their
freedom is a blessing to the white peo-
pie as we'll as the black