ncoln that cherished this almost insane idea.--Please do not
set me down as a carping critic when I say that I am very sorry
that the long article on "Slavery in Kentucky" was printed
without comment or correction. To speak of Henry Clay as an
anti-slavery man seems absurd to people like myself, born into
_real_ anti-slavery families and familiar almost from infancy
with the anti-slavery struggle. The interview with Mr.
Mendenhall, a Friend (Quaker) is told somewhat differently from
what I heard it in my childhood. I always understood that a
delegation of Friends called upon him and he told them to go
home, that his "Negroes were sleek and fat." The comparison
between Friends and his negroes, as given in Mr. McDougle's
article is even more insulting than is anything in the story as I
heard it. One of my earliest recollections is seeing in my
grandmother's kitchen in Phila., "Clary" a little octoroon woman,
who was, I was told, either once the mistress or else the
daughter of Henry Clay. From this you may judge what his moral
reputation must have been.

Very truly yours,
(Signed) (MRS.) MARIANNA G. BRUBAKER.

SOME CORRECTIONS

BIRD-IN-HAND, PA., April 21, 1920.

MR. CARTER G. WOODSON,

_My dear Mr. Woodson:_

On the next page will be found a correction of the article "The
Negro Migration to Canada after 1850," which you may print or
not, as you choose. In a historical periodical, accuracy is
important, is it not?

Very truly yours,
Signed (MRS.) MARIANNA G. BRUBAKER.

On page 30 of the _Journal of Negro History_ for January
reference is made to the famous Christiana Riot of Sept. 11,
1851. Christiana is about nineteen--not two--miles from
Lancaster. Parker, the hero of this event, was a wonderful man.
He returned to Christiana in the summer of 1872, spoke at a
political meeting there and spent some time visiting friends, by
whom he was greatly admired and respected. The exact distance
from Lancaster is important because of the very different
character of the two communities.

(Signed) MARIANNA G. BRUBAKER.

BIRD-IN-HAND, PA., Ap