ascertain whether the writer had made himself amenable to our
laws; but notwithstanding the extremely bad and inflammatory
tendency of the publication, he does not seem to have violated
any of these laws. It is written by a free black man, whose true
name it bears. He is a shopkeeper and dealer in old clothes, and
in a conversation which I authorized a young friend of mine to
hold with him, he openly avows the sentiments of the book and
authorship. I also hear that he declares his intention to be, to
circulate his pamphlets by mail, at his own expense, if he cannot
otherwise effect his object.

You may be assured, sir, that a disposition would not be wanting
on the part of the city authorities here, to avail themselves of
any lawful means for preventing this attempt to throw firebrands
into your country. We regard it with deep disapprobation and
abhorrence. But, we have no power to control the purpose of the
author, and without it we think that any public notice of him or
his book, would make matters worse.

We have been determined, however, to publish a general caution to
Captains and others, against exposing themselves to the
consequences of transporting incendiary writings into your and
the other Southern States.

I have the honor to be your obedient servant,
H. G. OTIS.

Part 6.

_THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION._

CHAPTER XI.

LIST OF WORKS BY NEGRO AUTHORS.

"Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa." Autobiography. Boston, 1837.

"Light and Truth." Lewis (R. B.). Boston, 1844.

"Volume of Poems." Whitfield, (James M.). 1846.

"Volume of Poems." Payne, (Daniel A., D.D.). 1850.

"The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored
People of the United States, Politically Considered." Delaney (Martin
R.). Philadelphia, 1852.

"Principia of Ethnology: The Origin of Races and Color." Delaney
(Martin R.).

"Narrative of the Life of an American Slave." London, 1847. "My
Bondage and My Freedom." New York, 1855. "Life and Times." Hartford,
Conn., 1882. Douglass (Frederick).

"Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro," etc. Ward (Rev. Samuel Ringgold).
London, 1855.

"The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution." Nell (Wm. C).
Boston, 1855.

"Narrative of Solomon Northup." New York, 1859. "Twenty-two Years a
Slave,