This little volume contains, in story form, a brief outline of the
history of the Negro. In collating the facts herein set forth it
was my privilege to consult the Congressional Library at
Washington, the libraries of Harvard and Yale universities and the
Boston Public Library. I am fully aware that such opportunities
should have insured a better book, but I earnestly hope that the
motive which prompts me may cause the shortcomings and
imperfections of the work to be forgiven. I wish to acknowledge my
indebtedness to the following authors: Hereen (Historical
Researches), Edmund D. Morel, Robert P. Skinner, Edward Howell, T.
J. Alldridge, J. V. Delacroix, J. J. Crooks, Frederick Douglass,
Thomas Ashe, records of the American Colonization Society, W. J.
Gardner, John Atkins, John Bigelow, Hasting Charles Dent, Frank
Wiborg, J. W. Birch, Joseph A. Tillinghast, Rev. Robert Walsh,
Increase N. Tarbox, Lydia Maria Child, Sir Harry Johnston, Sir
Henry M. Stanley, Dr. W. E. B. Dubois, Prof. Kelly Miller, Dr.
Booker T. Washington, Charles W. Williams, Joseph T. Wilson,
William Still, W. H. Grimshaw, James M. Trotter, W. H. Crogman, J.
T. Headley, B. J. Lossing, J. W. Gibson, Zachary Macaulay, Edward
W. Blyden, J. J. Pippin, Mrs. R. M. O'Connor, Mrs. F. B. Williams,
Andrew Carnrgie, G. W. Forbes. For assistance in other directions,
I wish, also, to thank Hon. Robert Spurgeon, Brooklyn; Mr. Reginald
Peters, St. Kitts; and Miss Beatrice Le Strange, of Boston. Because
of his unfailing interest, encouragement and advice in this attempt
I owe most of all to my husband. In presenting this narrative, as a
sort of "family story" to the colored children of America, it is my
fervent hope that they may hereby acquire such an earnest desire
for greater information as shall compellingly lead them, in maturer
years, to the many comprehensive and erudite volumes which have
been written upon this subject.
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