. A history of the Richmond Theological Seminary : with reminiscences of thirty years' work among the coloured people of the South. pton Normal and Agricultural In-stitute, Hampton, 1891, 8vo.; Education of theNegro, by W. T. Harris, Atlantic Monthly, (June, 1892), p. 721; A Voice from theSouth, by a black woman of the South (A. J,Cooper), Ohio, 1892 (published by Aldine PrintingHouse, Xenia, Ohio); A Brief Historical Sketchof Negro Education in Georgia, by R. E. Wright,Savannah, Georgia, 1894; Afro-American Pressand its Editors, by I. G. Peun, Springfield, Massa-chusetts, 1891 (Wille


. A history of the Richmond Theological Seminary : with reminiscences of thirty years' work among the coloured people of the South. pton Normal and Agricultural In-stitute, Hampton, 1891, 8vo.; Education of theNegro, by W. T. Harris, Atlantic Monthly, (June, 1892), p. 721; A Voice from theSouth, by a black woman of the South (A. J,Cooper), Ohio, 1892 (published by Aldine PrintingHouse, Xenia, Ohio); A Brief Historical Sketchof Negro Education in Georgia, by R. E. Wright,Savannah, Georgia, 1894; Afro-American Pressand its Editors, by I. G. Peun, Springfield, Massa-chusetts, 1891 (Willey & Company, Pul)lishcrs); 9 206 History of the Condition of the JSTegro, by A. T. Smith andothers, New York Independent, April 2, 1891; Pro-ceedings National Educational Association, 1880,p. 76, 1889, pp. 546-553, 1890, p. 497; TwentyYears of ISTegro Education, by J. M. Keating,Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 28, p. 24. For educational statistics, collegiate and profes-sional, yon may consult the Annual Reports of theCommissioner of Education, under head of Edu-cation of the Colored Race, Yol. 2, for 1890-91,pp. 961, mM^iP KlCUiMoND TllKOLOtilCAL SEMINARY. 207 CHAPTER XV. Then—Now—Pleasant Recollections—Preaching toPhil. Kcamcij Post, G. A. B., avd P. E. LeeCamp— Visits Abroad—Benejiciarii Aid— The Amer-ican Baptist Home Mission Society and its Workers. TT may be expected that I should say something^ about the religious progress of the colored mansince he became free. I am aware that he has beenthe subject of many unkind remarks and manycaricatures. His piety and integrity have beenassailed, and newspaper correspondents have triedto create merriment by giving amusing reports ofhis public utterances and his sermons. It shouldbe remembered that the list of words that the for-mer slave knew was small, and therefore his effortsto pronounce many words used by the whites werenot very successful. But his heart was right, andGod signally honored the slave preachers in


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