The Rising Son; or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race
Transcriber's Note: Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
OR,
THE ANTECEDENTS AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE COLORED RACE.
WM. WELLS BROWN, M. D.
AUTHOR OF “SKETCHES OF PLACES AND PEOPLE ABROAD,” “THE BLACK MAN,” “THE NEGRO IN THE REBELLION,” “CLOTELLE,” ETC.
Thirteenth Thousand.
BOSTON: A. G. BROWN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1882.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, By A. G. BROWN In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
After availing himself of all the reliable information obtainable, the author is compelled to acknowledge the scantiness of materials for a history of the African race. He has throughout endeavored to give a faithful account of the people and their customs, without concealing their faults.
Several of the biographical sketches are necessarily brief, owing to the difficulty in getting correct information in regard to the subjects treated upon. Some have been omitted on account of the same cause.
WM. WELLS BROWN.
William Wells Brown
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PREFACE.
Publishers’ Note to the 13th Edition.
WELCOME TO “THE RISING SON.”
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. THE ETHIOPIANS AND EGYPTIANS.
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CHAPTER II. THE CARTHAGINIANS.
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CHAPTER III. EASTERN AFRICA.
CHAPTER IV. CAUSES OF COLOR.
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CHAPTER V. CAUSES OF THE DIFFERENCE IN FEATURES.
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CHAPTER VI. CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.
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CHAPTER VII. THE ABYSSINIANS.
CHAPTER VIII. WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA.
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CHAPTER IX. THE SLAVE-TRADE.
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CHAPTER X. THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.
CHAPTER XI. PROGRESS IN CIVILIZATION.
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CHAPTER XII. HAYTI.
CHAPTER XIII. SUCCESS OF TOUSSAINT.
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CHAPTER XIV. CAPTURE OF TOUSSAINT.
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CHAPTER XV. TOUSSAINT A PRISONER IN FRANCE.
CHAPTER XVI. DESSALINES AS EMPEROR OF HAYTI.
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CHAPTER XVII. WAR BETWEEN THE BLACKS AND MULATTOES OF HAYTI.
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CHAPTER XVIII. CHRISTOPHE AS KING, AND PÉTION AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI.
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CHAPTER XIX. PEACE IN HAYTI, AND DEATH OF PÉTION.
CHAPTER XX. BOYER THE SUCCESSOR OF PÉTION IN HAYTI.
CHAPTER XXI. INSURRECTION, AND DEATH OF CHRISTOPHE.
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CHAPTER XXII. UNION OF HAYTI AND SANTO DOMINGO.
CHAPTER XXIII. SOULOUQUE AS EMPEROR OF HAYTI.
CHAPTER XXIV. GEFFRARD AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI.
CHAPTER XXV. SALNAVE AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI.
CHAPTER XXVI. JAMAICA.
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CHAPTER XXVII. SOUTH AMERICA.
CHAPTER XXVIII. CUBA AND PORTO RICO.
CHAPTER XXIX. SANTO DOMINGO.
CHAPTER XXX. INTRODUCTION OF BLACKS INTO THE AMERICAN COLONIES.
CHAPTER XXXI. SLAVES IN THE NORTHERN COLONIES.
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CHAPTER XXXII. COLORED INSURRECTIONS IN THE COLONIES.
CHAPTER XXXIII. BLACK MEN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
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CHAPTER XXXIV. BLACKS IN THE WAR OF 1812.
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CHAPTER XXXV. THE CURSE OF SLAVERY.
CHAPTER XXXVI. DISCONTENT AND INSURRECTION.
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CHAPTER XXXVII. GROWING OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. MOB LAW TRIUMPHANT.
CHAPTER XXXIX. HEROISM AT SEA.
CHAPTER XL. THE IRON AGE.
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CHAPTER XLI. RELIGIOUS STRUGGLES.
CHAPTER XLII. JOHN BROWN’S RAID ON HARPER’S FERRY.
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CHAPTER XLIII. LOYALTY AND BRAVERY OF THE BLACKS.
CHAPTER XLIV. THE CAPITAL FREE.—PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM.
CHAPTER XLV. BLACKS ENLISTED, AND IN BATTLE.
CHAPTER XLVI. NEGRO HATRED AT THE NORTH.
CHAPTER XLVII. CASTE AND PROGRESS.
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE ABOLITIONISTS.
CHAPTER XLIX. THE NEW ERA.
CHAPTER L. REPRESENTATIVE MEN AND WOMEN.
CRISPUS ATTUCKS.
PHILLIS WHEATLEY.
BENJAMIN BANNEKER.
WILLIAM P. QUINN.
DAVID RUGGLES.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
ALEXANDER W. WAYMAN.
CHARLES L. REASON.
WILLIAM J. WILSON.
JABEZ P. CAMPBELL.
JOHN M. LANGSTON.
JOHN M. BROWN.
JOHN I. GAINES.
JAMES M’CUNE SMITH, M. D.
DANIEL A. PAYNE, D. D.
ALEXANDER CRUMMELL, D. D.
HENRY HIGHLAND GARNETT, D. D.
CHARLES L. REMOND.
MARTIN R. DELANY, M. D.
JAMES W. C. PENNINGTON, D. D.
FRANCIS L. CARDOZO.
EDMONIA LEWIS.
ROBERT PURVIS.
JAMES M. WHITFIELD.
PHILLIP A. BELL.
CHARLES B. RAY, D. D.
JOHN J. ZUILLE.
GEORGE T. DOWNING.
CHARLOTTE L. FORTEN.
GEORGE B. VASHON.
WILLIAM H. SIMPSON.
SIR EDWARD JORDAN.
EDWIN M. BANNISTER.
WILLIAM C. NELL.
IRA ALDRIDGE.
OSCAR JAMES DUNN.
JOHN R. LYNCH.
WILLIAM WHIPPER.
T. W. CARDOZO.
LOUISE DE MORTIE.
EBENEZER D. BASSETT.
WILLIAM HOWARD DAY.
HIRAM R. REVELS, D. D.
ROBERT B. ELLIOTT.
J. MADISON BELL.
J. MILTON TURNER.
HENRY M. TURNER, D. D., LL. D.
JOSEPH H. RAINEY.
FANNY M. JACKSON.
ALONZO J. RANSIER.
ISAIAH C. WEARS.
JOSIAH T. WALLS.
JOHN PATTERSON SAMPSON.
BENJAMIN S. TURNER.
P. B. S. PINCHBACK.
JAMES LYNCH.
WILLIAM STILL.
PETER H. CLARK.
FRANCES ELLEN HARPER.
WILLIAM F. BUTLER.
T. MORRIS CHESTER.
JOSEPH J. CLINTON, D. D.
BENJAMIN T. TANNER, D. D.
SINGLETON T. JONES, D. D.
JERMIN W. LOGUEN.
RUFUS L. PERRY.
LEONARD A. GRIMES.
JOHN SELLA MARTIN.
“MOSES.”
MARY SHADD CAREY.
GEORGE L. RUFFIN.
RICHARD T. GREENER.
LEWIS H. DOUGLASS.
RICHARD H. CAIN.
STEPHEN SMITH.
LEWIS HAYDEN.
HENRY GARLAND MURRAY.
SAMPSON DUNBAR TALBOT.
CHARLES BURLEIGH PURVIS, M. D.
JOHN J. FREEMAN.
ELIJAH W. SMITH.
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