GEO. W. WILLIAMS.

HOFFMAN HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 28, 1882.

CONTENTS.

Part 4.

_CONSERVATIVE ERA--NEGROES IN THE ARMY AND NAVY._

CHAPTER I.

RESTRICTION AND EXTENSION. 1800-1825.

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Commencement of the Nineteenth Century.--Slave Population of
1800.--Memorial presented to Congress calling Attention to the
Slave-trade to the Coast of Guinea.--Georgia cedes the Territory
lying West of her to become a State.--Ohio adopts a State
Constitution.--William Henry Harrison appointed Governor of the
Territory of Indiana.--An Act of Congress prohibiting the
Importation of Slaves into the United States or
Territories.--Slave Population of 1810.--Mississippi applies for
Admission into the Union with a Slave Constitution.--Congress
besieged by Memorials urging more Specific Legislation against
the Slave-trade.--Premium offered to the Informer of every
illegally imported African seized within the United
States.--Circular-letters sent to the Naval Officers on the
Sea-coast of the Slave-holding States.--President Monroe's
Message to Congress on the Question of Slavery.--Petition
presented by the Missouri Delegates for the Admission of that
State into the Union.--The Organization of the Arkansas
Territory.--Resolutions passed for the Restriction of Slavery in
New States.--The Missouri Controversy.--The Organization of the
Anti-slavery Societies.--An Act for the Gradual Abolition of
Slavery in New Jersey.--Its Provisions.--The Attitude of the
Northern Press on the Slavery Question.--Slave Population of
1820.--Anti-slavery Sentiment at the North 1

CHAPTER II.

NEGRO TROOPS IN THE WAR OF 1812.

Employment of Negroes as Soldiers in the War of 1812.--The New
York Legislature authorizes the Enlistment of a Regiment of
Colored Soldiers.--Gen. Andrew Jackson's Proclamation to the Free
Colored Inhabitants of Louisiana calling them to Arms.--Stirring
Address to the Colored Troops the Sunday before the Battle of New
Orleans.--Gen. Jackson anticipates the Valor of his Colored
Soldiers.--Terms of Peace at the Close of the War by the
Commissioners at Ghent.--Negroes placed as Chattel
Property.--Their Valor in War secures them no Immunity in Pea