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Title: History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1
Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens

Author: George W. Williams

Release Date: April 30, 2005 [EBook #15735]

Language: English

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HISTORY

OF THE

NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA

_FROM 1619 TO 1880._

NEGROES AS SLAVES, AS SOLDIERS, AND AS CITIZENS;

TOGETHER WITH

A PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION OF THE UNITY OF THE HUMAN
FAMILY, AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF AFRICA, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF THE NEGRO GOVERNMENTS OF
SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIA.

BY

GEORGE W. WILLIAMS,

FIRST COLORED MEMBER OF THE OHIO LEGISLATURE, AND LATE JUDGE
ADVOCATE OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF OHIO, ETC.

_IN TWO VOLUMES._

VOLUME I.

1619 TO 1800.

NEW YORK:
G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS,
27 AND 29 WEST 23D STREET.

1883.

TO THE

REV. JUSTIN DEWEY FULTON, D.D.,
OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK;

AND TO THE

HON. CHARLES FOSTER,
GOVERNOR OF OHIO;

WHO, AS CLERGYMAN AND STATESMAN, REPRESENT THE PUREST PRINCIPLES
OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH AND STATE.

To the Illustrious Representative of the Church of Christ:

WHO, FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, HAS STOOD THE INTREPID CHAMPION OF
DIVINE T