The Freedmen's Book

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