The Rising Son, by Wm. Wells Brown, M. D

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Author

Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

Title

The Rising Son; or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race

Credits

hekula03, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

Black race

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64971

Release Date

March 31, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE RISING SON;
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.Publishers’ Note to the 13th Edition.
4. 4.WELCOME TO “THE RISING SON.”
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. THE ETHIOPIANS AND EGYPTIANS. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER II. THE CARTHAGINIANS. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER III. EASTERN AFRICA.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. CAUSES OF COLOR. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER V. CAUSES OF THE DIFFERENCE IN FEATURES. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. THE ABYSSINIANS.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. THE SLAVE-TRADE. — FOOTNOTE:
16. 16.CHAPTER X. THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. PROGRESS IN CIVILIZATION. — FOOTNOTE:
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. HAYTI.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. SUCCESS OF TOUSSAINT. — FOOTNOTE:
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. CAPTURE OF TOUSSAINT. — FOOTNOTE:
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. TOUSSAINT A PRISONER IN FRANCE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. DESSALINES AS EMPEROR OF HAYTI. — FOOTNOTE:
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. WAR BETWEEN THE BLACKS AND MULATTOES OF HAYTI. — FOOTNOTE:
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. CHRISTOPHE AS KING, AND PÉTION AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI. — FOOTNOTE:
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. PEACE IN HAYTI, AND DEATH OF PÉTION.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. BOYER THE SUCCESSOR OF PÉTION IN HAYTI.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. INSURRECTION, AND DEATH OF CHRISTOPHE. — FOOTNOTE:
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. UNION OF HAYTI AND SANTO DOMINGO.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. SOULOUQUE AS EMPEROR OF HAYTI.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. GEFFRARD AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. SALNAVE AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI. JAMAICA. — FOOTNOTES:
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. SOUTH AMERICA.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. CUBA AND PORTO RICO.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. SANTO DOMINGO.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. INTRODUCTION OF BLACKS INTO THE AMERICAN COLONIES.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI. SLAVES IN THE NORTHERN COLONIES. — FOOTNOTES:
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII. COLORED INSURRECTIONS IN THE COLONIES.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII. BLACK MEN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. — FOOTNOTES:
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV. BLACKS IN THE WAR OF 1812. — FOOTNOTE:
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV. THE CURSE OF SLAVERY.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI. DISCONTENT AND INSURRECTION. — FOOTNOTE:
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII. GROWING OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY.
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVIII. MOB LAW TRIUMPHANT.
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIX. HEROISM AT SEA.
46. 46.CHAPTER XL. THE IRON AGE. — FOOTNOTE:
47. 47.CHAPTER XLI. RELIGIOUS STRUGGLES.
48. 48.CHAPTER XLII. JOHN BROWN’S RAID ON HARPER’S FERRY. — FOOTNOTE:
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIII. LOYALTY AND BRAVERY OF THE BLACKS.
50. 50.CHAPTER XLIV. THE CAPITAL FREE.—PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM.
51. 51.CHAPTER XLV. BLACKS ENLISTED, AND IN BATTLE.
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVI. NEGRO HATRED AT THE NORTH.
53. 53.CHAPTER XLVII. CASTE AND PROGRESS.
54. 54.CHAPTER XLVIII. THE ABOLITIONISTS.
55. 55.CHAPTER XLIX. THE NEW ERA.
56. 56.CHAPTER L. REPRESENTATIVE MEN AND WOMEN. — CRISPUS ATTUCKS. — PHILLIS WHEATLEY. — BENJAMIN BANNEKER. — WILLIAM P. QUINN. — DAVID RUGGLES. — FREDERICK DOUGLASS. — ALEXANDER W. WAYMAN. — CHARLES L. REASON. — WILLIAM J. WILSON. — JABEZ P. CAMPBELL. — JOHN M. LANGSTON. — JOHN M. BROWN. — JOHN I. GAINES. — JAMES M’CUNE SMITH, M. D. — DANIEL A. PAYNE, D. D. — ALEXANDER CRUMMELL, D. D. — HENRY HIGHLAND GARNETT, D. D. — CHARLES L. REMOND. — MARTIN R. DELANY, M. D. — JAMES W. C. PENNINGTON, D. D. — FRANCIS L. CARDOZO. — EDMONIA LEWIS. — ROBERT PURVIS. — JAMES M. WHITFIELD. — PHILLIP A. BELL. — CHARLES B. RAY, D. D. — JOHN J. ZUILLE. — GEORGE T. DOWNING. — CHARLOTTE L. FORTEN. — GEORGE B. VASHON. — WILLIAM H. SIMPSON. — SIR EDWARD JORDAN. — EDWIN M. BANNISTER. — WILLIAM C. NELL. — IRA ALDRIDGE. — OSCAR JAMES DUNN. — JOHN R. LYNCH. — WILLIAM WHIPPER. — T. W. CARDOZO. — LOUISE DE MORTIE. — EBENEZER D. BASSETT. — WILLIAM HOWARD DAY. — HIRAM R. REVELS, D. D. — ROBERT B. ELLIOTT. — J. MADISON BELL. — J. MILTON TURNER. — HENRY M. TURNER, D. D., LL. D. — JOSEPH H. RAINEY. — FANNY M. JACKSON. — ALONZO J. RANSIER. — ISAIAH C. WEARS. — JOSIAH T. WALLS. — JOHN PATTERSON SAMPSON. — BENJAMIN S. TURNER. — P. B. S. PINCHBACK. — JAMES LYNCH. — WILLIAM STILL. — PETER H. CLARK. — FRANCES ELLEN HARPER. — WILLIAM F. BUTLER. — T. MORRIS CHESTER. — JOSEPH J. CLINTON, D. D. — BENJAMIN T. TANNER, D. D. — SINGLETON T. JONES, D. D. — JERMIN W. LOGUEN. — RUFUS L. PERRY. — LEONARD A. GRIMES. — JOHN SELLA MARTIN. — “MOSES.” — MARY SHADD CAREY. — GEORGE L. RUFFIN. — RICHARD T. GREENER. — LEWIS H. DOUGLASS. — RICHARD H. CAIN. — STEPHEN SMITH. — LEWIS HAYDEN. — HENRY GARLAND MURRAY. — SAMPSON DUNBAR TALBOT. — CHARLES BURLEIGH PURVIS, M. D. — JOHN J. FREEMAN. — ELIJAH W. SMITH. — FOOTNOTES:

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