The Freedmen's BookIntroductory materialReading editionChapter navigation57 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTO THE FREEDMEN.Introductory materialIGNATIUS SANCHO.EXTRACT FROM THE TENTH PSALM.PREJUDICE REPROVED.BENJAMIN BANNEKER.ETHIOPIA.THE HOUR OF FREEDOM.[3]WILLIAM BOEN.ANECDOTE OF GENERAL WASHINGTON.PRAYER OF THE SLAVE.TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.THE ASPIRATIONS OF MINGO.BURY ME IN A FREE LAND.PHILLIS WHEATLEY.A PERTINENT QUESTION.THE WORKS OF PROVIDENCE.THE DYING CHRISTIAN.KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.JAMES FORTEN.THE MEETING IN THE SWAMP.A REASONABLE REQUEST.THE SLAVE POET.RATIE: A TRUE STORY OF A LITTLE HUNCHBACK.THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST.THE BEGINNING AND PROGRESS OF EMANCIPATION IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES.THE LAST NIGHT OF SLAVERY.MADISON WASHINGTON.EXTRACT FROM THE VIRGINIA BILL OF RIGHTS.PRAISE OF CREATION.FREDERICK DOUGLASS.HOW THE GOOD WORK GOES ON.DEDICATION HYMN.A PRAYER.WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFTS.SPRING.THE GOOD GRANDMOTHER.THE COLORED MOTHER'S PRAYER.WILLIAM COSTIN.EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.SAM AND ANDY.JOHN BROWN AND THE COLORED CHILD.THE AIR OF FREEDOM.EMANCIPATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, APRIL 16, 1862.THE LAWS OF HEALTH.PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION, JANUARY 1, 1863.NEW-YEAR'S DAY ON THE ISLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1863.SONG OF THE NEGRO BOATMEN AT PORT ROYAL, S. C.EXTRACT FROM SPEECH BY HON. HENRY WILSON TO THE COLORED PEOPLE IN CHARLESTON, S. C., APRIL, 1865.EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH BY HON. JUDGE KELLY TO THE COLORED PEOPLE IN CHARLESTON, S. C., APRIL, 1865.BLACK TOM.LETTER FROM A FREEDMAN TO HIS OLD MASTER.COLONEL ROBERT G. SHAW.ADVICE FROM AN OLD FRIEND.DAY OF JUBILEE.Previous chapter ←TO THE FREEDMEN.Next chapter →IGNATIUS SANCHO.All chapters and sections (57)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTO THE FREEDMEN.Opening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsIGNATIUS SANCHO.EXTRACT FROM THE TENTH PSALM.PREJUDICE REPROVED.BENJAMIN BANNEKER.ETHIOPIA.THE HOUR OF FREEDOM.[3]WILLIAM BOEN.ANECDOTE OF GENERAL WASHINGTON.PRAYER OF THE SLAVE.TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.THE ASPIRATIONS OF MINGO.BURY ME IN A FREE LAND.PHILLIS WHEATLEY.A PERTINENT QUESTION.THE WORKS OF PROVIDENCE.THE DYING CHRISTIAN.KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.JAMES FORTEN.THE MEETING IN THE SWAMP.A REASONABLE REQUEST.THE SLAVE POET.RATIE: A TRUE STORY OF A LITTLE HUNCHBACK.THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST.THE BEGINNING AND PROGRESS OF EMANCIPATION IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES.THE LAST NIGHT OF SLAVERY.MADISON WASHINGTON.EXTRACT FROM THE VIRGINIA BILL OF RIGHTS.PRAISE OF CREATION.FREDERICK DOUGLASS.HOW THE GOOD WORK GOES ON.DEDICATION HYMN.A PRAYER.WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFTS.SPRING.THE GOOD GRANDMOTHER.THE COLORED MOTHER'S PRAYER.WILLIAM COSTIN.EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.SAM AND ANDY.JOHN BROWN AND THE COLORED CHILD.THE AIR OF FREEDOM.EMANCIPATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, APRIL 16, 1862.THE LAWS OF HEALTH.PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION, JANUARY 1, 1863.NEW-YEAR'S DAY ON THE ISLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1863.SONG OF THE NEGRO BOATMEN AT PORT ROYAL, S. C.EXTRACT FROM SPEECH BY HON. HENRY WILSON TO THE COLORED PEOPLE IN CHARLESTON, S. C., APRIL, 1865.EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH BY HON. JUDGE KELLY TO THE COLORED PEOPLE IN CHARLESTON, S. C., APRIL, 1865.BLACK TOM.LETTER FROM A FREEDMAN TO HIS OLD MASTER.COLONEL ROBERT G. SHAW.ADVICE FROM AN OLD FRIEND.DAY OF JUBILEE.* The names of the colored authors are marked with an asterisk.◇THE FREEDMEN'S BOOK.← TO THE FREEDMEN.IGNATIUS SANCHO. →