THE WORKS OF PROVIDENCE _Phillis Wheatley_* 94 THE DYING CHRISTIAN _Frances E. W. Harper_* 96 KINDNESS TO ANIMALS _L. Maria Child_ 97 JAMES FORTEN _L. Maria Child_ 101 THE MEETING IN THE SWAMP _L. Maria Child_ 104 A REASONABLE REQUEST _Peter Williams_* 110 THE SLAVE POET _George Horton, a Slave_* 111 RATIE _Mattie Griffith_ 114 THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST _James Montgomery_ 123 PROGRESS OF EMANCIPATION IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES _L. Maria Child_ 124 THE LAST NIGHT OF SLAVERY _James Montgomery_ 146 MADISON WASHINGTON _L. Maria Child_ 147 EXTRACT FROM THE VIRGINIA BILL OF RIGHTS 154 PRAISE OF CREATION _George Horton_* 155 FREDERICK DOUGLASS _L. Maria Child_ 156 HOW THE GOOD WORK GOES ON 176 DEDICATION HYMN _J. M. Whitefield_* 177 A PRAYER _John G. Whittier_ 178 WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFTS _L. Maria Child_ 179 SPRING _George Horton_* 205 THE GOOD GRANDMOTHER _Harriet Jacobs_* 206 THE COLORED MOTHER'S PRAYER 219 WILLIAM COSTIN 220 EDUCATION OF CHILDREN _L. Maria Child_ 221 THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN _Frances E. W. Harper_* 226 SAM AND ANDY _Harriet Beecher Stowe_ 227 JOHN BROWN _L. Maria Child_ 241 THE AIR OF FREEDOM _Frances E. W. Harper_* 243 EMANCIPATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _James Madison Bell_* 244 THE LAWS OF HEALTH _L. Maria Child_ 246 PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION _Frances E. W. Harper_* 250 NEW-YEAR'S DAY ON THE ISLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA _Charlotte L. Forten_* 251 SONG OF THE NEGRO BOATMEN AT PORT ROYAL, S. C. _John G. Whittier_ 257 EXTRACT FROM SPEECH TO COLORED PEOPLE IN CHARLESTON _Hon. Henry Wilson_ 259 EXTRACT FROM SPEECH TO COLORED PEOPLE IN CHARLESTON _Hon. Judge Kelly_ 261 BLACK TOM _A Yankee Soldier_ 263 LETTER FROM A FREEDMAN _Jourdon Anderson_* 265 COLONEL ROBERT G. SHAW _Eliza B. Sedgwick_ 268 ADVICE FROM AN OLD FRIEND _L. Maria Child_ 269