Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence

 MASTERPIECES OF NEGRO ELOQUENCE

THE BEST SPEECHES DELIVERED BY THE NEGRO FROM THE DAYS OF SLAVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME

EDITED BY ALICE MOORE DUNBAR

Copyright, 1914, by

Printed in the United States of America

TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE NEGRO RACE, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED, WITH THE HOPE THAT IT MAY HELP INSPIRE THEM WITH A BELIEF IN THEIR OWN POSSIBILITIES

Table of Contents
Preface

The People of Hayti and a Plan of Emigration

Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Haytian Revolution

Liberia: Its Struggles and Its Promises

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July On the Unveiling of the Lincoln Monument

Should Colored Men be Subject to the Pains and Penalties of the Fugitive Slave Law?

Young Men to the Front

The Civil Rights Bill

Civil Rights and Social Equality

On the Occasion of Taking His Seat in the French Academy

Centennial Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society

Centennial Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society

A Memorial Discourse

Crispus Attucks

Address During Presidential Campaign of 1880

The Black Woman of the South

An Open Letter to the Educational League of Georgia

In the Wake of the Coming Ages

At the Opening of the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta Robert Gould Shaw

The Negro as a Soldier

The Limitless Possibilities of the Negro Race

The Party of Freedom and the Freedmen

The Teaching of History

A Defense of the Negro Race

The Negro's Part in the Redemption of Africa

A Plea for Industrial Opportunity

An Appeal to Our Brother in White

The Political Outlook for Africa

The Duty and Responsibility of the Anglo-Saxon

The Army as a Trained Force

The Sunday-School and Church as a Solution of the Negro Problem

William Lloyd Garrison

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln and Fifty Years of Freedom

On the Presentation of a Loving Cup to Senator Foraker

Equality of Rights for All Citizens

Is the Game Worth the Candle?

Some Elements Necessary to Race Development

The Two Seals

A Solution of the Race Problem

The Social Bearings of the Fifth Commandment

Life's Morn

Abraham Lincoln

David Livingstone

Education for Manhood

On Making a Life

Emancipation and Racial Advancement

The Future of the Negro Church

The Negro Lawyer

The Training of Negroes for Social Reform