Black Diamonds (Classic Reprint): Gathered in the Darkey Homes of the South: Gathered in the Darkey Homes of the South (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Black Diamonds: Gathered in the Darkey Homes of the South

It abounds in incidents of Southern slaves and masters, illustrating very happily the patriarchal relation which subsists between the races of the South, and defending the institution more than all argument.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Black Diamonds: Gathered in the Darkey Homes of the South

American Negroes this month are paying tribute to the memory of one who ranks with Lincoln and Washington in their hearts. He is Frederick Douglass, sturdy champion of the colored race who rose from the bonds of slavery to be the United States Minister to Haiti.

His career is particularly an inspiration to the colored population of the Nations Capital. For in 1877 he was made a marshal of the District and died here in 1895. A building on the Howard University campus perpetuates his memory.

A lesser man than Douglass might have surveyed the suffering of his people in the days between his birth in 1817 and the Civil War and cried out with Hamlet, "The time is out of joint; O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right." Instead he faced his problem with courage and met the challenge of the situation. He escaped from slavery, taught himself to read and write, became an orator for an abolitionist society.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.