Shall hasten joyfully to grasp

The Ethiope’s outstretched hand!

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Memoir of the Author[9]
CHAPTER I.
The Ethiopians and Egyptians[36]
CHAPTER II.
The Carthaginians[49]
CHAPTER III.
Eastern Africa[65]
CHAPTER IV.
Causes of Color[78]
CHAPTER V.
Causes of the Difference in Features[84]
CHAPTER VI.
Civil and Religious Ceremonies[90]
CHAPTER VII.
The Abyssinians[97]
CHAPTER VIII.
Western and Central Africa[101]
CHAPTER IX.
The Slave-Trade[118]
CHAPTER X.
The Republic of Liberia[129]
CHAPTER XI.
Progress in Civilization[135]
CHAPTER XII.
Hayti[140]
CHAPTER XIII.
Success of Toussaint[150]
CHAPTER XIV.
Capture of Toussaint[159]
CHAPTER XV.
Toussaint a Prisoner in France[168]
CHAPTER XVI.
Dessalines as Emperor of Hayti[173]
CHAPTER XVII.
War between the Blacks and Mulattoes of Hayti[185]
CHAPTER XVIII.
Christophe as King, and Pétion as President of Hayti[201]
CHAPTER XIX.
Peace in Hayti, and Death of Pétion[209]
CHAPTER XX.
Boyer the Successor of Pétion in Hayti[218]
CHAPTER XXI.
Insurrection, and Death of Christophe[222]
CHAPTER XXII.
Union of Hayti and Santo Domingo[229]
CHAPTER XXIII.
Soulouque as Emperor of Hayti[234]
CHAPTER XXIV.
Geffrard as President of Hayti[236]
CHAPTER XXV.
Salnave as President of Hayti[241]
CHAPTER XXVI.
Jamaica[243]
CHAPTER XXVII.
South America[255]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Cuba and Porto Rico[258]
CHAPTER XXIX.
Santo Domingo[262]
CHAPTER XXX.
Introduction of Blacks into American Colonies[265]
CHAPTER XXXI.
Slaves in the Northern Colonies[270]
CHAPTER XXXII.
Colored Insurrections in the Colonies[276]
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Black Men in the Revolutionary War[282]
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Blacks in the War of 1812[286]
CHAPTER XXXV.
The Curse of Slavery[291]
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Discontent and Insurrection[296]
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Growing Opposition to Slavery[319]
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Mob Law Triumphant[322]
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Heroism at Sea[325]
CHAPTER XL.
The Iron Age[329]
CHAPTER XLI.
Religious Struggles[336]
CHAPTER XLII.
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry[340]
CHAPTER XLIII.
Loyalty and Bravery of the Blacks[342]
CHAPTER XLIV.
The Proclamation of Freedom[347]
CHAPTER XLV.
Blacks enlisted, and in Battle[352]
CHAPTER XLVI.
Negro Hatred at the North[382]
CHAPTER XLVII.
Caste and Progress[387]
CHAPTER XLVIII.
The Abolitionists[393]
CHAPTER XLIX.
The New Era[413]
CHAPTER L.
Race Representatives.
PAGE. PAGE.
Attucks, C.[418] | Downing, G. T.[474]
Aldridge, Ira.[489] | Dunn, O. J.[491]
Banneker, B.[425] | Douglass, L. H.[543]
Brown, I. M.[449] | Day, W. H.[499]
Bell, P. A.[470] | Elliott, R. B.[403]
Butler, W. F.[525] | Forten, C. L.[475]
Banister, E. M.[483] | Freeman, J. J.[551]
Bassett, E. D.[497] | Gaines, J. I.[450]
Bell, J. M.[504] | Grimes, L. A.[534]
Campbell, J. P.[446] | Garnett, H. H.[457]
Clark, P. H.[520] | Greener, R. T.[542]
Chester, T. M.[526] | Harper, F. E.[524]
Clinton, J. J.[528] | Hayden, L.[547]
Carey, M. S.[539] | Jackson, F. M.[508]
Cardozo, T. W.[495] | Jones, S. T.[531]
Cain, R. H.[544] | Jordan, E., Sir[481]
Douglass, F.[435] | Lewis, E.[465]
Delany, M. R.[460] | Langston, J. M.[447]
De Mortie, L.[496] | Ransier, A. H.[510]
Martin, J. S.[535] | Ruffin, G. L.[540]
Nell, W. C.[485] | Still, W.[520]
Purvis, C. B.[549] | Simpson, W. H.[478]
Purvis, R.[468] | Smith, M’Cune[453]
Pinchback, P. B. S.[517] | Smith, S.[445]
Pennington, J. W. C.[461] | Smith, E. W.[552]
Payne, D. A.[454] | Tanner, B. T.[530]
Perry, R. L.[533] | Vashon, G. B.[476]
Quinn, W. P.[432] | Wheatley, P.[423]
Reason, C. L.[442] | Wayman, ——[440]
Ray, C. B.[472] | Wilson, W. J.[444]
Remond, C. L.[459] | Whipper, W.[493]
Ruggles, D.[434] | Wears, I. C.[512]
Reveles, H. R.[500] | Zuille, J. J.[473]
Rainey, J. H.[507] |