ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON. FOOTNOTES: [50] Rose, "Life of Napoleon I," 333-336. [51] As to the ability of a man of color to rise in this territory, the life of one man, recorded by the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, will furnish a good example. James Derham was originally a slave in Philadelphia, sold by his master to a physician, who employed him in the shop as an assistant in the preparation of drugs. During the war between England and America, he was sold by this physician to a surgeon, and by that surgeon to Dr. Robert Dove of New Orleans. Here he learned French and Spanish so as to speak both with ease. In 1788, he was received into the English church, when he was twenty-one and became, says the report, "one of the most distinguished physicians in New Orleans." "I conversed with him on medicine," says Dr. Rush, "and found him very learned. I thought I could give him information on the treatment of diseases, but I learned more from him that he could expect from me." _The Columbian Gazette_, II, 742-743. [52] Gayarre, III, p. 595. [53] _Ibid._, IV, p. 218. [54] _Ibid._, p. 219. [55] Gayarre, IV, p. 219. [56] _Ibid._, p. 229. [57] Grace King tells a pretty story of the saving of Jean Lafitte's life. On the very day that a price was set upon his head by Gov. Claiborne he was invited to be the guest at a plantation, and almost at the same instant there arrived unexpectedly Mrs. Claiborne, the wife of the governor. The hostess, with quick presence of mind, introduced the gentleman to the wife of the governor as Monsieur Clement, and then hurriedly went out of the room, leaving her guests together. She called Henriette, her confidential servant, and looking her straight in the eyes, said: "Henriette, Gov. Claiborne has set a price upon Monsieur Lafitte's head. Anyone who takes him a prisoner and carries him to the governor will receive five hundred dollars reward, and M. Laffitte's head will be cut off. Send all the other servants away; set the table yourself, and wait on us yourself. Remember to call M. Lafitte, M. Clement--and be careful before Mme. Claiborne." The colored woman responded with perfect tact and discretion. See Grace King, "New Orleans, the Place and the People," 204. [58] Gayarre, IV, p. 127. [59] _Ibid._, p. 127. [60] Gayarre, IV, p. 131. [61] King, "New Orleans: The Place and Its People." [62] Paul Alliot's Reflections in Robertson's "Louisiana under the Rule of Spain," I, p. 67. [63] _Ibid._, 103, 111. [64] Evans, "A Pedestrian's Tour, etc." Thwaites, "Early Western Travels," VIII, 336.