The Freedman's Book

CONTENTS.


AUTHOR. PAGE

IGNATIUS SANCHO _L. Maria Child_ 1

EXTRACT FROM THE TENTH PSALM 12

PREJUDICE REPROVED _Lydia H. Sigourney_ 13

BENJAMIN BANNEKER _L. Maria Child_ 14

ETHIOPIA _Frances E. W. Harper_* 24

THE HOUR OF FREEDOM _William Lloyd Garrison_ 25

WILLIAM BOEN _L. Maria Child_ 26

ANECDOTE OF GENERAL WASHINGTON 31

PRAYER OF THE SLAVE _Bernard Barton_ 32

TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE _L. Maria Child_ 33

THE ASPIRATIONS OF MINGO _Mingo, a Slave_* 84

BURY ME IN A FREE LAND _Frances E. W. Harper_* 85

PHILLIS WHEATLEY _L. Maria Child_ 86

A PERTINENT QUESTION _Frederick Douglass_* 93

THE WORKS OF PROVIDENCE _Phillis Wheatley_* 94

THE DYING CHRISTIAN _Frances E. W. Harper_* 96

KINDNESS TO ANIMALS _L. Maria Child_ 97

JAMES FORTEN _L. Maria Child_ 101

THE MEETING IN THE SWAMP _L. Maria Child_ 104

A REASONABLE REQUEST _Peter Williams_* 110

THE SLAVE POET _George Horton, a Slave_* 111

RATIE _Mattie Griffith_ 114

THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST _James Montgomery_ 123

PROGRESS OF EMANCIPATION IN THE
BRITISH WEST INDIES _L. Maria Child_ 124

THE LAST NIGHT OF SLAVERY _James Montgomery_ 146

MADISON WASHINGTON _L. Maria Child_ 147

EXTRACT FROM THE VIRGINIA BILL OF RIGHTS 154

PRAISE OF CREATION _George Horton_* 155

FREDERICK DOUGLASS _L. Maria Child_ 156

HOW THE GOOD WORK GOES ON 176

DEDICATION HYMN _J. M. Whitefield_* 177

A PRAYER _John G. Whittier_ 178

WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFTS _L. Maria Child_ 179

SPRING _George Horton_* 205

THE GOOD GRANDMOTHER _Harriet Jacobs_* 206

THE COLORED MOTHER'S PRAYER 219

WILLIAM COSTIN 220

EDUCATION OF CHILDREN _L. Maria Child_ 221

THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN _Frances E. W. Harper_* 226

SAM AND ANDY _Harriet Beecher Stowe_ 227

JOHN BROWN _L. Maria Child_ 241

THE AIR OF FREEDOM _Frances E. W. Harper_* 243

EMANCIPATION IN THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA _James Madison Bell_* 244

THE LAWS OF HEALTH _L. Maria Child_ 246

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION
OF EMANCIPATION _Frances E. W. Harper_* 250

NEW-YEAR'S DAY ON THE ISLANDS
OF SOUTH CAROLINA _Charlotte L. Forten_* 251

SONG OF THE NEGRO BOATMEN AT
PORT ROYAL, S. C. _John G. Whittier_ 257

EXTRACT FROM SPEECH TO COLORED
PEOPLE IN CHARLESTON _Hon. Henry Wilson_ 259

EXTRACT FROM SPEECH TO COLORED
PEOPLE IN CHARLESTON _Hon. Judge Kelly_ 261

BLACK TOM _A Yankee Soldier_ 263

LETTER FROM A FREEDMAN _Jourdon Anderson_* 265

COLONEL ROBERT G. SHAW _Eliza B. Sedgwick_ 268

ADVICE FROM AN OLD FRIEND _L. Maria Child_ 269

DAY OF JUBILEE _A. G. Duncan_ 277

* The names of the colored authors are marked with an asterisk.




THE FREEDMEN'S BOOK.




IGNATIUS SANCHO.

BY L. MARIA CHILD.