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diers and people compelled the adoption
Of emancipation as war measure, or, IN
other words they took the badge OF STA
very from the negro and the Repuolcan
war party of the North took the credit.
THE emancipation Of the negro was
undoubtedly forced upon the Whole peo-
pie of the South and it terminated lot
ever their responsibility to him as
slave: but it imposed upon them bur-
then no less heavy Of responsibility TO
him as a freeman. They had not only
been reproached but stigmatized for the
manner In which they met that respon-s
sibility by the very people who without
any thought of the Negroes welfare, hao
thrust it upon them. With equally little
care for the negro they shifted, put 10
no appreciate extent lifted the burden.
The great embarrassment to the SOUTH
ern people in eleyating the negro from
slavery to freedom had never been In
all their history the mere question OF
money interest. Their northern sister
States had never been confronted with
the appalling consequences of a negro
population of freemen-of almost numerl-
cal strength with their white co-resdents.
But it was the burning question with the
intelligence and conscience OF the peo-
pie of Virginia during their colonial MS
tory and ever afterWard. AT the Tune
when the Declaration of independence
was adopted, it was voiced In the orlSl-
nal drought of that Declaration by Ihom-
as Jefferson in a prominent complaint
against British rule-strichen out by
northern participants with Britain. in the
For &c . slave
trade and imposition of its victims upon
the reluctant people Of the colonies.
No intelligent understanding Of the ne
gro in America as he is or any tore
cast of the future advancement or ms
race can be had without a recurrence not
only to his past history Of slavery in
America but to his ancestors in their
native habitat or in transition through
the slave marts OF Africa and the ocean
passage How this transition tended to
eliminate the unfit and sift out of the
masses for transplanting in America a
stock of select emigrants much superior.
both physically and mentally to the
average of their race is well set out III
this book.
The first hundred pages of the volume
depict these masses as they were at
home Their physical and psychic CHAR
acteristics. their social. industrial ana
religious life; their industrial economy;
their forms of government. and tribal or
ganization, ETC. The first experiences
of slavery of the ernigrants was not III
their enforced transitus. Many OF them
were hereditary slaves and many others
as captives in war consigned to the
like status. Their transplanting to Amer
lea was not a reduction to slavery, but
simply change OF civilized for savage
masters. The author then discusses their
development under new Cts Atlantic
masters along all the lines of Christian
civilization and progress up to the date
of his emancipation and concludes this
part of his discussion thus:
Notwithstanding his continued litter
acy he was making progress throughout
the period Of slavery along the lines most
significant to him. He was at school
learning primary lessons of civilization,
being won over little by little to civiliza-
ton. So far from remaining in state OF
arrested progress he was steadily acGuir-
ring those rudiments of character essen
tial to all further Development THIS
truth is beginning to be appreciated by
the most intelligent class of negroes not
only here but in the abolition centres Of
the North. One OF their preachers speak
ing in Boston "a few days ago from the
same platform with our friend. DR.. Pitt.
editor Of the Religious Herald, is reported
to have said 'that the greatest industrial
school and missionary work ever done
since Christianity was begun was con-
Quoted in the South in the days OF slav-
cry
The development and progress of the
race since the war. in their elevation to
the rank of free citizens and voters is in
this book very fairly and thouShtfully
treated.
We have not space to follow out the
author fully, and can only suggest to
any, of our readers interested, in hui
man. Christian. and political considera-
ton of the subject to read the volume
for themselves. It will be useful and pro-
htable reading and we doubt not they
will concur with Us on a sense Of obli-
cation to the author for his valuable con-
trbution to our current literature.
3. r. W.
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work, there are few, we fancy, who will
derive actual pleasure from reading the
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In the prospectus OF the work. the pub
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.sWomen imagine. with pleasure or re-
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to women Ones womenkinG-in a large-
sense in which the author intends the
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sisters, or girl friends. ones married
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To ALTO these man has relations. always