. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . trong natural powers, he has sought throughout life to showhimself a workman that need not be ashamed of his workman-ship. He is a native of Madison, Ga., where he was born in slavery,August 13, 1856. His mother, Malinda Mathis, was a nativeof Richmond, Va., but was sold into Georgia during her girl-hood days. She had the reputation of being an expertcook. His father, Peyton Amos, was a tanner by enough the grandfather, Amos Amos, though a na-tive African, was not a slave. Though born in slavery
. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . trong natural powers, he has sought throughout life to showhimself a workman that need not be ashamed of his workman-ship. He is a native of Madison, Ga., where he was born in slavery,August 13, 1856. His mother, Malinda Mathis, was a nativeof Richmond, Va., but was sold into Georgia during her girl-hood days. She had the reputation of being an expertcook. His father, Peyton Amos, was a tanner by enough the grandfather, Amos Amos, though a na-tive African, was not a slave. Though born in slavery had the advantage of a Christian home and says thathis people were Missionary Baptists as far back as the recordgoes. Soon after the war, the family moved from Madison toRome where the father worked on the farm. The boy enteredthe public school at Rome. Here his progress was rapid andsteady. In a short time lie had outstripped his classmates andin a few years was elected principal of the school which he badpreviously attended as a pupil. While going to school in Rome,. AMOS AMOS MATHIS. 608 HISTORY OP AMERICAN NEGRO he was also employed as sexton of the Presbyterian Churchand thus came to know and honor the pastor and his daughter,who was later to grace the White House as the wife of Presi-dent Woodrow Wilson. After taking up the work of teaching lie felt the need ofbetter preparation and entered the Ballard Normal School atMacon which he attended, where he won honors. Thus equip-ped he began teaching in the Bibb county public schools andwas for nine years principal of a suburban school which pros-pered to such an extent that it was necessary to erect a newbuilding under his administration. About this time he tookup religious work more actively but could not even yet breakaway from the work of the schoolroom, but taught severalterms at East Point, where his work was of such character asto commend it to the leaders of both races. In February, 1876, he was converted and
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