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Services of Colored Americans in the wars of 1776 and 1812 eBook William C Nell Roy Pitchford

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Services of Colored Americans, in the wars of 1776 and 1812 is a short (40 pages) collection of stories and anecdotes pulled together during the 1850s to combat the rhetoric of the day. The author, in the Introduction states

"The following pages are an effort to stem the tide of prejudice against the Colored race. The white man despises the Colored man, and has come to think him fit only for the menial drudgery to which the majority of the race has been so long doomed. "This prejudice was never reasoned up and will never be reasoned down." It must be lived down. In a land where wealth is the basis of reputation, the Colored man must prove his sagacity and enterprise by successful trade or speculation. To show his capacity for mental culture he must be, not merely claim the right to be, a scholar. Professional eminence is peculiarly the result of practice and long experience. The Colored people, therefore, owe it to each other and to their race to extend liberal encouragement to Colored lawyers, physicians, and teachers—as well as to mechanics and artisans of all kinds."

This IS a public domain work. Most editions you will find are unedited OCR versions that contain frequent errors, no formatting (like bold or italicized text) and large gaps where one page ends and the next begins. This version has been restored.

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