Woodson, _Education of the Negro Prior to 1861_, p. 286.

[16] _Journal of Negro History_, Vol. III.

[17] _Hurd's Law of Freedom-Bondage_, p. 81.

[18] _African Repository_, September, 1846, p. 278.

[19] _Ibid._, 1851, p. 263.

[20] _Narrative of Sojourner Truth_, p. 99.

[21] _Ibid._, p. 99.

[22] Martin Delaney, _Condition of Colored People_, p. 139.

[23] _Ibid._, p. 102.

[24] _Ibid._, p. 106.

[25] Austin Steward, _Condition of Colored People_, p. 102.

[26] _Ibid._, p. 102.

[27] Austin Steward, _Condition of Colored People_, p. 102.

[28] _Ibid._, p. 132.

[29] _Seventh Census of the United States._

[30] J. F. Clarke, _Present Condition of People of Color_, p. 14.

[31] _Ibid._

[32] _Afro-American Press_, p. 27.

DOCUMENTS

THE APPEAL OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION OF ABOLITION SOCIETIES

The student of the so-called Negro problem of today may find it
profitable to study the methods of persons thus concerned more than a
century ago. What their plans were, what machinery they constructed
for carrying them out, and the hopes they had for ultimate success,
will furnish much material for reflection for social workers. There is
published below, therefore, a number of the annual appeals of the
American Convention of Abolition Societies to the various branches,
setting forth the annual review of the work, the general survey of
results obtained and the ways and means to carry it forward to a
successful completion.

TO THE ANTISLAVERY GROUPS

_To the Society for
promoting the abolition of Slavery, Ec._

It is with peculiar pleasure we inform you, that the Convention
of Delegates, from most of the Abolition Societies formed in the
United States, met in this city, have, with much unanimity, gone
through the business which came before them. The advantages to be
derived from this meeting are so evident, that we have agreed
earnestly to recommend to you, that a similar meeting be annually
convened, until the great object of our association--the liberty
of our fellowmen--shall be fully and equivocally established.

To obtain this important end, we conceive that it is proper,
constantly to have in view the necessity of using our utmost and
unremitting endeavors to abolish slavery, and to protect and
meliorate the condition of the enslaved, and of th