Chapter 18

Effort of Henry Brown, of Oberlin, Ohio, to Establish "Schools of Trade"--Call for a Conference of Leading Colored Men in 1885--Industrial Fair at Pine Bluff, Ark.--Captain Thompson, of the "Capital Guards," a Colored Military Company--Meeting of Prominent Leaders at New Orleans--The Late N. W. Cuney, of Texas--Contented Benefactions from Christian Churches.