+-------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected. | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ NARRATIVES OF COLORED AMERICANS. God "hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth."--ACTS xvii., 26. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE RESIDUARY ESTATE OF LINDLEY MURRAY. NEW YORK: WILLIAM WOOD & CO., 27 GREAT JONES STREET. 1875. Lindley Murray, the Grammarian, and author of several excellent School and Reading books, in his last Will bequeathed certain funds to Trustees in America, his native country, for several benevolent objects, including the gratuitous distribution of "books calculated to promote piety and virtue, and the truth of Christianity." The Trustees have had "The Power of Religion on the Mind, in Retirement, Affliction, and at the approach of Death," stereotyped, and several thousand copies printed and distributed. They also publish the following Narratives compiled by A. Mott, and M. S. Wood, believing they will prove acceptable reading to our Colored Americans. JOHN F. TROW & SON, PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS, _205-213 East 12th St._, NEW YORK. CONTENTS. PAGE AFRICAN SERVANT, THE 88 AFRICAN PRINCE, THE 212 AFRICAN SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK 242 AFRICANS, THE INJURED 245 ANCASS 74 ANECDOTE 101 ANECDOTE 205 AN INCIDENT 62 BANNEKER, BENJAMIN 60 BAYLEY, SOLOMON 133 BELL, LET ME RING THE 53 BENEZET, ANTHONY 230 BIBLE, LOVE FOR THE 272 BILLY AND JENNY 182 BOWEN, WILLIAM 229 BOYD, HENRY 251 BUCCAN, QUAMINO 257 CAREY, LOTT 191 CHRISTIAN, AN AGED 45 CHRISTIAN KINDNESS 48 CLARINDA, A PIOUS COLORED WOMAN 143 COFFIN 210 COSTON, EZEKIEL 203 CUFFEE, CAPTAIN PAUL 126 CHRISTMAS HYMN AT ST. HELENA'S ISLAND 273 DADDY DAVY 37 DERHAM, JAMES 211 EMANCIPATION IN NEW YORK 263