The Three Grand Divisions of the Tribes of Africa.--Slave Markets of America supplied from the Diseased and Criminal Classes of African Society.--America robs Africa of 15,000,000 Souls in 360 Years.--Negro Power of Endurance.--His Wonderful Achievements as a Laborer, Soldier, and Student.--First in War, and First in Devotion to the Country.--His Idiosyncrasies.--Mrs. Stowe's Errors.--His Growing Love for Schools and Churches.--His General Improvement.--The Negro will endure to the End.--He is Capable for All the Duties of Citizenship.--Amalgamation will not obliterate the Race.--The American Negro will civilize Africa.--America will establish Steamship Communication with the Dark Continent.--Africa will yet be composed of States, and "Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her Hands unto God." 544 HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA. Part 4. _CONSERVATIVE ERA--NEGROES IN THE ARMY AND NAVY._ CHAPTER I. RESTRICTION AND EXTENSION. 1800-1825. 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 SEACOAST 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. The nineteenth century opened auspiciously for the cause of the Negro. Although slavery had ceased to exist in Massachusetts and Vermont, the census of 1800 showed that the slave population in the other States was steadily on the increase. In the total population of 5,305,925, there were 893,041 slaves. The subjoined table exhibits the number of slaves in each of the slave-holding States in the year 1800. CENSUS OF 1800--SLAVE POPULATION.