[Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Samantha Among the Colored Folks “MY IDEAS ON THE RACE PROBLEM” By JOSIAH ALLEN’S WIFE (MARIETTA HOLLEY) Illustrated by E. W. KEMBLE [Illustration] New York Dodd, Mead and Company 1898 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COPYRIGHT, 1892, 1894, BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY. _All rights reserved._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _To all who work for the advancement of true liberty, irrespective of color or sex, this book is inscribed._ _MARIETTA HOLLEY_ _Bonnie View May, 1894_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PUBLISHER’S NOTE. SAMANTHA ON THE RACE PROBLEM was the title adopted for the editions of this book that were issued exclusively for the subscription market. In preparing the new edition for popular sale it has been deemed advisable to change its title to SAMANTHA AMONG THE COLORED FOLKS as one more in keeping with its character. Otherwise its contents remain the same. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. -------------- PAGE “THEY WUZ TRACTS AND BIBLES” 7 UNCLE NATE GOWDEY 12 “THE DUMB FOOLS!” 18 A BLACK 21 “THE OLD AND FEEBLE ONES” 30 “I SOT DEMUTE” 34 “THE DARK FACES OF THESE APOSTLES” 40 “WITH PHILURY’S HELP” 46 CHARACTER SKETCH 51 “WHEN URY HAD THAT FIGHT WITH SAM” 56 MELINDA 61 MELINDA HAS A FIT 63 “IT WUZ ‘HOLD THE FORT’ HE BELCHED OUT 69 IN” “I KETCHED HER BY HER LIMB” 73 PETER AND MELINDA ANN 77 DEACON HENZY 83