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CHAPTER XI. BECESSION AND WAR

Recruiting of the 54th and 55th Colored Regiments-—Visit to President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton—Promised a Commission as Adjutant General to General Thomas—Disappointment......cccccccscscccceecSld

CHAPTER XII. HOPE FOR THE NATION.

Proclamation of emancipation—Its reception in Boston—Objections brought against it—Its effect on the country—Interview with President Lincoln—New York riots—Re-election of Mr. Lincoln—His inaugura- tion, and inaugural— Vice-President Johnson—Presidential reception —The fall of Richmond—Fanueil Hall—The assassination—Condolence.890

CHAPTER XIII. VAST CHANGES.

Satisfaction and anxiety, new fields of laber opening—Lyceums and colleges soliciting addresses—Literary attractions—Pecuniary gain —Still pleading for human rights—President Andy Johnson—Colored delegation—Their reply to, him—National Loyalist Convention, 1866, and its procession—Not Wanted—Meeting with an old friend—Joy and surprise—The old master’s welcome, and Miss Amanda’s friend- ship—Enfranchisement debated and accomplished—The Negro a CHUZEN. <5 w sigs aj snes 0 odes oc - tee a weno ee aie cs cnleeeosnss ose dete uwasGle

CHAPTER XIV. LIVING AND LEARNING. Inducements to a political career—Objections—A newspaper enterprise

~The New National Era—Its abandonment—The Freedman’s Saving and Trust Company—Sad experience—Vindication. .........ccceeeee 442

CHAPTER XV. WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE.

The Santo Domingo controversy—Decoration day at Arlington, 1871— Speech delivered there—National colored convention at New Orleans, 1872—FElector at large for the State of New York—Death of Hon. Eromny OWAISON,. - . .. 20000 oc occu ace Ie = sietaeteere wee. ales coceceefol

CHAPTER XVI. “TIME MAKES ALL THINGS EVEN.”

Return to the ‘‘ old master ”—A last interview—Capt. Auld’s admission “had T been in your place, I should have done as you did ”—Speech at Easton—The old jail there—Invited to a sail on the revenue cutter