Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
FRANK A. ROLLIN,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY,
19 Spring Lane.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
[Introduction][7]
[I.]Genealogy[13]
[II.]Early Education[30]
[III.]Studying North[38]
[IV.]Moral Efforts[43]
[V.]Editorial Career[48]
[VI.]Practising Medicine[68]
[VII.]Fugitive Slave Act[73]
[VIII.]A Hiatus[77]
[IX.]Canada.—Captain John Brown[83]
[X.]Canada Convention.—Harper’s Ferry[91]
[XI.]In Europe[96]
[XII.]The International Statistical Congress and Lord Brougham[99]
[XIII.]Return to America[134]
[XIV.]Corps d’Afrique[141]
[XV.]A Step towards the Service[145]
[XVI.]Recruiting as it was[151]
[XVII.]Changing Position[155]
[XVIII.]Private Council at Washington[162]
[XIX.]The Council-Chamber.—President Lincoln[166]
[XX.]The Gold Leaf[176]
[XXI.]In the Field[181]
[XXII.]At Charleston and Fort Sumter[189]
[XXIII.]Armée d’Afrique[200]
[XXIV.]The National Calamity[203]
[XXV.]Camp of Instruction[209]
[XXVI.]Extraordinary Messages[214]
[XXVII.]News from Richmond[222]
[XXVIII.]A New Field[227]
[XXIX.]General Sickles[245]
[XXX.]Restoring Domestic Relations[254]
[XXXI.]General Robert K. Scott[259]
[XXXII.]The Planters and the Freedmen’s Bureau[269]
[XXXIII.]Domestic Economy[272]
[XXXIV.]Civil Affairs.—President Johnson[277]
[XXXV.]Educational Interests[285]
[XXXVI.]Conclusion[292]
[APPENDIX.]
Political Writings[303]
African Explorations[306]
Reflections on the War[309]
The International Policy of the World towards the African Race[313]
Political Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent[327]

INTRODUCTION.