. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . Holsey,daughter of Solomon and Charlotte Holsey, of Americus, have two children—Cecilia Marie and Albert B., Jr. Dr. McCoys preferred reading is along the lines of Bibleliterature and history. He is a Republican in politics, and re-gards as the most pressing national question that of the advis-ability of continuing the Democratic party as a power. He be-lieves that the State of Georgia should make provision for theeducation and training of its Negro farmers along the lines ofmodern scientific agriculture
. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . Holsey,daughter of Solomon and Charlotte Holsey, of Americus, have two children—Cecilia Marie and Albert B., Jr. Dr. McCoys preferred reading is along the lines of Bibleliterature and history. He is a Republican in politics, and re-gards as the most pressing national question that of the advis-ability of continuing the Democratic party as a power. He be-lieves that the State of Georgia should make provision for theeducation and training of its Negro farmers along the lines ofmodern scientific agriculture; and that the education and salva-tion of the poorer classes of both races are among matters ofmost vital concern. SANDY D. ROSEBOROUGH AMONG the prominent and active ministers of the A. connection in Georgia, is Rev. S. D. Roseborough, , whose voice has been heard in almost every nook andcorner of Georgia, who now resides at Cuthbert. He is a nativeof Fairfield, S. C, where he was born on July 4, 1850. He is ason of his master, John Calvin Roseborough. His mothers. GEORGIA EDITION 407 name was Maria. She was brought from Virginia to SouthCarolina. All she remembers about her father is, that he wasknown as Coxs old Ned, and it is to be presumed that hebelonged to the Cox family, of Virginia. Young Roseborough and his fellow-servants hardly felt theweight of slavery, as their master was a lenient man, and didnot prohibit his slaves from picking up such book learning asthey could secure; so while Sandy was still a small boy, hismother paid an old Negro man ten cents a month to teach thechildren on Sundays. After Emancipation he went to thecountry schools, such as they were. In 1872 he was converted, and almost immediately felt calledto the work of the ministry, but did not actually join the Con-ference until 1877, when he joined at Bainbridge. He hadpreviously come to Georgia and settled in Brooks county in 67or 68, where he was engaged in farming and carpenter
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