The Negro in the American Rebellion, His Heroism and His Fidelity

By William Wells Brown
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Excerpt: "I now undertake to write a history of the part which the colored men took in the great American Rebellion. Previous to entering upon that subject, however, I may be pardoned for bringing before the reader the condition of the blacks previous to the breaking out of the war. The Declaration of American Independence, made July 4, 1776, had scarcely been enunciated, and an organization of the government commenced, ere the people found themselves surrounded by new and trying difficulties, which, for a time, threatened to wreck the ship of state. The forty-five slaves landed on the banks of the James River, in the colony of Virginia, from the coast of Africa, in 1620, had multiplied to several thousands, and were influencing the political, social, and religious institution's of the country. Brought into the colonies against their will; made the "hewers of wood and the drawers of water;" considered, in the light of law and public opinion, as mere chattels,—things to be bought and sold at the will of the owner; driven to their unrequited toil by unfeeling men, picked for the purpose from the lowest and most degraded of the uneducated whites, whose moral, social, and political degradation, by slavery, was equal to that of the slave,—the condition of the negro was indeed a sad one."

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GenreHistory
Length11 hrs 32 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1PREFACE.
24CHAPTER XXIII
2CHAPTER I
25CHAPTER XXIV
3CHAPTER II
26CHAPTER XXV
4CHAPTER III.
27CHAPTER XXVI.
5CHAPTER IV.
28CHAPTER XXVII
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6CHAPTER V
29CHAPTER XXVIII
7CHAPTER VI.
30CHAPTER XXIX
8CHAPTER VII
31CHAPTER XXX
9CHAPTER VIII
32CHAPTER XXXI
10CHAPTER IX
33CHAPTER XXXII
11CHAPTER X
34CHAPTER XXXIII.
12CHAPTER XI
35CHAPTER XXXIV
13CHAPTER XII
36CHAPTER XXXV
14CHAPTER XIII
37CHAPTER XXXVI
15CHAPTER XIV
38CHAPTER XXXVII
16CHAPTER XV.
39CHAPTER XXXVIII
17CHAPTER XVI.
40CHAPTER XXXIX
18CHAPTER XVII.
41CHAPTER XL
19CHAPTER XVIII.
42CHAPTER XLI
20CHAPTER XIX
43CHAPTER XLII
21CHAPTER XX.
44CHAPTER XLIII
22CHAPTER XXI
45CHAPTER XLIV
23CHAPTER XXII
46CHAPTER XLV

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