ABYSSINIAN Baptist Church, 61 Africa, 77, 86, 98, 132, 235, 237,
Adams, John Quincy, 21
African Baptist Church, Williams- burg, Va., 17 Society, Free, 17
Methodist Episcopal Church, 20 Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 20
Masonic Lodge, 17
Missionary Convention, 70 Emigration, 44
Afro-American Council, 40 Alabama, Third Regiment, 58 Albany Law School, 156 Alexander High School, 235 Alexander, Dr., 68
Allen, Richard, 17, 28, 29, 30, 64, 68, 69
America, South, 2
National Baptist Convention, 70 American Colonization Society, 19, 30, 237
Anti-Slavery Society, 21, 76, 117 Negro Academy, 13, 133, 227, 238 Philological Society, 238 Amendments to Constitution, 13th, 24; 14th, 24, 71; 15th, 24, 71 Ames, Gen. Adelbert, 165 Amistad Captives, 21, Appx. Anglo-Saxon Christianity, Appx.
Armistead, Rev. Thomas, 64
Armstrong, Gen. S. C., 200, 202,
Atlanta, Ga., 208, 209 Atlanta University, 25
Appropriation, Congressional, 208 Arnold, the historian, 51 Asbury, Rev. Francis, 64 Attakapas, 53
Attempts to have United States Su- preme Court rule on revised constitutions, 49
Augusta, Ga., 63 Avery College, 128
BANNEKER, Benjamin, birth and
ancestry, 86; early education, 87; constructs clock, 88; self- instructor, 89; plans almanac, 89; as social being, 94; sur- veyor, 90; observes flour mills, 88; George Ellicott, 89; An- drew Ellicott, 90; mathematical genius, 89; resemblance to Franklin, 96; musician, 95; let- ter to Thomas Jefferson, 92; Latrobe's memoir, 91; last days, 96
Banks, Charles, 74
Baptist Educational Convention, 70
Barbadoes, James G., 44
Bearcroft, Dr., 7
Beatty, Powhattan, 56 Battleship, Maine, 57
Bethel (A. M. E.) Church, 62, 64 Bias, Dr. J. J. Gould, 40
Bibb, Henry, 43
Bishop, Hosea (Josiah), 64
Black Regiment, The, 55
"Black Women of the South," 133
Black Laws of Ohio, 37 Blackburn, Rev. Gideon, 65 Blair, Lewis H., 75
Blyden, Edward Wilmot, birth, 235; educational ambitions, 235; visits United States, 235; disappointed, goes to Liberia, 235; Alexander High School, 235; revisits United States- "Liberia's Offering," 235; would burn Astor House down, 236; admired by Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter-Sir H. H. Johnston's estimate visits Egypt, Syria and Palestine-returns to Sierra Leone, 236; looker-on at Republican National Conven- tion of 1880 "Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race”— Hugh M. Browne and J. Mc- Cants Stewart, 237; educational work among Mohammedans- Liberian representative Court of St. James, 237; lin- guistic accomplishments-ac- corded literary honors-distin- guished correspondents-James Carmichael Smith's tribute may be verdict of posterity, 238; ad- mitted to pension roll because of distinguished service, 238
Boker, George H., 55 Bonsal, Stephen, 59 Boston Blues, 60 Massacre, 50 Bowdoin College, 27 Bowen, Dr. J. W. E., 169 Boyd, R. H., 73
Brougham, Henry Lord, 238 Brown, John, 22
Brooks, Rev. Walter H., 63 Bryant, Ira I., 73 Browne, Hugh M., 237 Brown, W. G., 26 Brathwaite, S. G., 74 Bronson, James H., 56 Butler, Gen. Benjamin F., 56 Bucks of America, 60 Bull Run, battle of, 54 Bruce, Blanche K., changes name—
printer's devil-ex-Congress- man's surprise, 164; delegate to Republican National Conven- tion of 1872-Hill's prophecy— unique campaign, 166; election and qualification as United States Senator-Roscoe Conk- ling's courtesy-how remem- bered-Senatorial service, 168; pioneer teacher in Kansas-at- tends Oberlin-steamboat hand -drifts to Mississippi, enters politics, 165; career since 1881-Register of Treasury, 168; Recorder of Deeds, 169; lyceum lecturer, 169; trustee Howard University, 170; trus- tee of public schools, Washing- ton, D. C., 169; commissioner World's Cotton Exposition— once more Register of Treas- ury-personality, 170
Bruce, John E., 74 Burroughs, Nannie H., 73 Business League, 72, 211 Bryan, Andrew, 63, 66
Cailloux, Captain, 55 California, 21
Cardozo, Thomas W., 26
Francis L., 180
Carey, Lott, 67
Carney, Sergeant William H., 55,
Chase, Salmon P., 37
Chavis, John, 68
Chatham, Canada, West, 44 Clark, Howell's Prophecy, 209 Clark, Peter H., 36 Clarkson, Thomas, 100 Chesnutt, Charles W., 74 Charleston Leader, 179 Cibola, Seven Cities of, 1 "Cleopatra," 11 Clay, Henry, 19
Clinton, Bishop George W., 73 Colored Ministers' Union, 118 Civil rights Law enacted, 23 Rights Congress, 23 Cleveland, President, 158 Collins, Henry M., 43
Colored men in Congress-
Blanche, K. Bruce, 47, 164, etc Cain, Richard H., 48, 179 Cheatham, Henry P., 47 DeLarge, Robert C., 48
Elliott, Robert B., 47, 179, etc Haralson, Jeremiah, 48 Hyman, John A., 47
Langston, John M., 47, 155, etc.
Long, Jefferson, 48
Lynch, John R., 48 Miller, Thomas E., 48 Murray, George W., 48 Nash, Charles E., 48 O'Hara, James E., 47 Ransier, Alonzo J, 48 Revels, Hiram R., 47
Rainey, Joseph H., 48 Rapier, J. T., 48
Smalls, Robert, 48, appx.
Turner, Benjamin S., 48 Walls, Josiah T., 48 White, George N., 47 Colburn, D. P., 214
Secretary French Academy, 94 Congressional appropriation, 208 fight against Andrew Johnson, 23 emancipation constitutional enact- ments, 23
Conkling, Roscoe, courtesy W. B. K. Bruce, 168
Constitutional compromises, 18 League, 75
Connecticut, slavery in, 4
deputy governors, 50 Cooper, Mrs. Anna J., 169 Cosgrove, Representative, 164-5 Coker, Rev. Daniel, 66 Colver Institute, 25 Corbin, Henry S., 58
Carney, William H., 55, appx. Crandall, Prudence, 31, appx. Coppin, Fanny M. J., freedom pur- chased-enters D. A. Payne's domestic service, 213; Colbun instructor, 214; Oberlin College, at, gives scholarship, 215; Pres- ident Finney gives special op- portunity, 215; instructor at
Institute for Colored Youth, 215; principal; Colored Wom- en's Exchange, 216; Home for Girls and Young Women; po- litical factor; orator; services recognized, 217; Old Folks' Home, 218; visits England; marriage, 217; goes to South Africa, 218; work in America greets her there; "Reminis- cences," 218
Cook, John F. (first), conspicuous figure in education of colored Washington, 229; Andrew Elli- cott, Pierre L'Enfant, 228; George Bell, Nicholas Franklin and Moses Liverpool, pioneer philanthropists, 228; Provi- dence Hospital, 228; Columbia Institute, 229; Resolute Bene- ficial Society, 229; Henry Smothers, John W. Prout, 229; Missouri Compromise, 229; Harmony Cemetery, 230; Union Bethel and Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, 230; Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Ministers' Council, 230 John F. (second), early teacher,
New Orleans, political activ- ity, collector of taxes, city reg- ister, 230; Republican National Convention, 231; relief of des- titute colored women and chil- dren, 230; Grand Master of Masons, 231; Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur recognize his ability, 230; trustee Howard University, 231; Coleridge-Tay- lor Choral Society, 231; mem- ber Board of Education
George F. T., distinctive educa- tional career, Oberlin College, first legislation, law amended, people defeat hostile amend- ment, Rev. J. Sella Martin, 233; Emma V. Brown, 231; J. Ormond Wilson and W. B. Powell, 234; J. W. F. Smith, 233
Cuffé, Paul, ancestry, protests tax payment, 98; studies naviga- tion, early experiments, re- sourcefulness, 99; sails for Africa, 100; visits England, sees Liverpool, Granville Sharpe, Thomas Clarkson and Wilberforce, 100; organizer re- lief societies, pioneer American colonists, his contribution, visits President Madison, takes cargo for Sierra Leone, 101; personal appearance, 102; over- comes many racial prejudices, 102; religious character, per- sonal example
Cornish, Rev. Samuel E., 27 Council of war, 50
Crummell, Alexander, birth and an-
cestry, 130; in convention movement, 34, 39; early edu- cation, Canaan, New Hamp- shire, 130; Beriah Green, Oneida Institute, 130; General Theological Seminary, 131; Bishops Griswold and Lee, 131; goes abroad, 131; visits and matriculates at Queen's College, Cambridge, England, 132; Afri- can missionary, 132; returns to United States, 132; Bishop Whittingham, 137; St. Mary's,
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