The Rising SonFront matterReading editionChapter navigation58 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE RISING SON;PREFACE.Publishers’ Note to the 13th Edition.WELCOME TO “THE RISING SON.”MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.Chapter I · THE ETHIOPIANS AND EGYPTIANS.Chapter II · THE CARTHAGINIANS.Chapter III · EASTERN AFRICA.Chapter IV · CAUSES OF COLOR.Chapter V · CAUSES OF THE DIFFERENCE IN FEATURES.Chapter VI · CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.Chapter VII · THE ABYSSINIANS.Chapter VIII · WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA.Chapter IX · THE SLAVE-TRADE.Chapter X · THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.Chapter XI · PROGRESS IN CIVILIZATION.Chapter XII · HAYTI.Chapter XIII · SUCCESS OF TOUSSAINT.Chapter XIV · CAPTURE OF TOUSSAINT.Chapter XV · TOUSSAINT A PRISONER IN FRANCE.Chapter XVI · DESSALINES AS EMPEROR OF HAYTI.Chapter XVII · WAR BETWEEN THE BLACKS AND MULATTOES OF HAYTI.Chapter XVIII · CHRISTOPHE AS KING, AND PÉTION AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI.Chapter XIX · PEACE IN HAYTI, AND DEATH OF PÉTION.Chapter XX · BOYER THE SUCCESSOR OF PÉTION IN HAYTI.Chapter XXI · INSURRECTION, AND DEATH OF CHRISTOPHE.Chapter XXII · UNION OF HAYTI AND SANTO DOMINGO.Chapter XXIII · SOULOUQUE AS EMPEROR OF HAYTI.Chapter XXIV · GEFFRARD AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI.Chapter XXV · SALNAVE AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI.Chapter XXVI · JAMAICA.Chapter XXVII · SOUTH AMERICA.Chapter XXVIII · CUBA AND PORTO RICO.Chapter XXIX · SANTO DOMINGO.Chapter XXX · INTRODUCTION OF BLACKS INTO THE AMERICAN COLONIES.Chapter XXXI · SLAVES IN THE NORTHERN COLONIES.Chapter XXXII · COLORED INSURRECTIONS IN THE COLONIES.Chapter XXXIII · BLACK MEN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.Chapter XXXIV · BLACKS IN THE WAR OF 1812.Chapter XXXV · THE CURSE OF SLAVERY.Chapter XXXVI · DISCONTENT AND INSURRECTION.Chapter XXXVII · GROWING OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY.Chapter XXXVIII · MOB LAW TRIUMPHANT.Chapter XXXIX · HEROISM AT SEA.Chapter XL · THE IRON AGE.Chapter XLI · RELIGIOUS STRUGGLES.Chapter XLII · JOHN BROWN’S RAID ON HARPER’S FERRY.Chapter XLIII · LOYALTY AND BRAVERY OF THE BLACKS.Chapter XLIV · THE CAPITAL FREE.—PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM.Chapter XLV · BLACKS ENLISTED, AND IN BATTLE.Chapter XLVI · NEGRO HATRED AT THE NORTH.Chapter XLVII · CASTE AND PROGRESS.Chapter XLVIII · THE ABOLITIONISTS.Chapter XLIX · THE NEW ERA.Chapter L · REPRESENTATIVE MEN AND WOMEN.Chapter L · REPRESENTATIVE MEN AND WOMEN. (continued 2)Chapter L · REPRESENTATIVE MEN AND WOMEN. (continued 3)Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE RISING SON;All chapters and sections (58)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE RISING SON;PREFACE.Publishers’ Note to the 13th Edition.WELCOME TO “THE RISING SON.”MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505050Transcriber's Note: Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.◇frontWm. Wells Browntitle pageTHE RISING SON; →
