His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements
LIBRARY OF KEITH M.READ CONFEDERATE COLLECTION 1 M I i H 1 1 1 1 1 U U I r nTTTTTTT i i fi l il t? i l i lf il iVihM fi1i ^rt i'ifilit i) i rt MrtM rt M li1 lf li hh rtftff7iTiTff THE BLACK MAN, HIS ANTECEDENTS, HIS GENIUS, AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. BY WILLIAM WELLS BROWN, AUTHOR OF " CLOTELLE," " SKETCHES OF PLACES AND PEOPLE ABROAD," " MIRALDA, OR THE BEAUTIFUL QUADROON," ETC. EX PEDE HERCULEM. ifcto Ircfc: THOMAS HAMILTON, 48 BEEKMAN STREET. BOSTON: R. F. WALLCUT, 221 WASHINGTON ST. 1863. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by WILLIAM WELLS BROWN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY. TO <S)Mi okoMjoxahit. mm (yJuxiwAbi OF NEGRO FREEDOM AND EQUALITY, WHEEEVEK FOUND, %\i% Walamt is lUspuifuIIg Jelritateb, BT THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. The calumniators and traducers of the Negro are to be found, mainly, among two classes. The first and most relentless are those who have done them the greatest injury, by being instrumental in their enslavement and consequent degradation. They de- light to descant upon the "natural inferiority" of the blacks, and claim that we were destined only for a servile condition, entitled neither to liberty nor the legitimate pursuit of happiness. The second class are those who are ignorant of the characteristics of the race, and are the mere echoes of the first. To meet and refute these misrepresentations, and to supply a deficiency, long felt in the community, of a work containing sketches of individuals who, by their own genius, capacity, and intellectual development, have surmounted the many obstacles which slavery t> PEEFACE.
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