CHAPTER XXII.

Arrival in New-Orleans—Glimpse of Freeman—Genois, the Recorder—His Description of Solomon—Reach Charleston Interrupted by Custom House Officers—Pass through Richmond—Arrival in Washington—Burch Arrested—Shekels and Thorn—Their Testimony—Burch Acquitted—Arrest of Solomon—Burch withdraws the Complaint—The Higher Tribunal—Departure from Washington—Arrival at Sandy Hill—Old Friends and Familiar Scenes—Proceed to Glens Falls—Meeting with Anne, Margaret, and Elizabeth—Solomon Northup Staunton—Incidents—Conclusion,

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Portrait of Solomon in his Plantation Suit Scene in the Slave Pen at Washington, Separation of Eliza and her last Child, Chapin rescues Solomon from Hanging, The Staking out and Flogging of the girl Patsey, Scene in the Cotton Field, and Solomon's Delivery, Arrival Home, and first meeting with his Wife and Children,

FROM SLAVE TO COLLEGE PRESIDENT BEING THE LIFE STORY OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON By G. Holden Pike

CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. WANTED: A MAN—THE MAN FOUND 1 II. THE ERA OF FREEDOM—REALISING THAT KNOWLEDGE IS POWER 16 III. OFF TO HAMPTON—WAS HE A LIKELY CANDIDATE? 32 IV. GENERAL ARMSTRONG—HIS PREDECESSORS AND COLLABORATORS—PIONEERS OF THE NEW ERA 41 V. UPS AND DOWNS—PROGRESS AS A STUDENT—BEGINNING TO TEACH 49 VI. AMERICAN INDIANS—WORK AT HAMPTON 60 VII. THE BEGINNING OF A LIFE WORK 71 VIII. SOME ACTUAL RESULTS—POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS 85 IX. CONTINUED PROGRESS—POPULARITY AS A SPEAKER 94 X. VISIT TO EUROPE—RETURN TO TUSKEGEE 104

THE BROTHERS' WAR By John C. Reed CONTENTS Chapter Page I. Introductory 1 II. A Beginning made with Slavery 35 III. Unappeasable Antagonism of Free and Slave Labor 45 IV. Genesis, Course, and Goal of Southern Nationalization 51 V. American Nationalization, and how it made the Bond of Union stronger and stronger 62 VI. Root-and-Branch Abolitionists and Fire-eaters 84 VII. Calhoun 93 VIII. Webster 130 IX. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” 161 X. Slavery impelled into a Defensive Aggressive 208 XI. Toombs 212 XII. Help to the Union Cause by Powers in the Unseen 282 XIII. Jefferson Davis 296 XIV. The Curse and Blessing of Slavery 330 XV. The Brothers on Each Side were True Patriots and Morally Right—both those [Pg xviii]who fought for the Union and those who fought for the Confederacy 346 XVI. The Race Question: General and Introductory 359 XVII. The Race Question: the Situation in Detail 378 Appendix 429 Index 451

THE BOY SLAVES. By Capt. Mayne Reid CONTENTS AUTHOR'S NOTE. MEMOIR OF MAYNE REID.