[68] “History of New England,” II., p. 30, note; Moore, p. 21. [69] M. H. S. Coll. III, VIII. 231. [70] Compare Hildreth, I. 278. [71] “The breeding of slaves was not regarded with favor. Dr. Belknap says that negro children were considered an encumbrance in a family; and when weaned were given away like puppies” (Moore, p. 57, citing M. H. S. Coll. 1, IV. 200). [72] “Carriage in public conveyances was denied them; physicians would not wait upon them; Miss Crandall’s own family and friends were forbidden under penalty of heavy fines to visit her; the well was filled with manure, and water from other sources refused; the house itself was smeared with filth, assailed with rotten eggs, and finally set on fire.” (“Life of William Lloyd Garrison,” I. p. 321.) [73] Id. p. 494. [74] “Life of William Lloyd Garrison,” I. p. 452. [75] _Id._ p. 517. [76] Letter from Garrison to his wife, November 9, 1835. [77] Lib. 5, 197. [78] “Life of William Lloyd Garrison,” II. p. 35. [79] In Virginia the Legislature which assembled in December, 1865, had in the House of Delegates but one member who was not an old-time Whig, and in the Senate it was “pretty much the same.” (“The Political Hist. of Va., During Reconstruction,” by Hamilton James Eckenrode, p. 41. Johns Hopkins Press, 1904.) [80] Lincoln’s letter to Governor Hahn, March 13, 1864. [81] A valuable contribution to it, entitled “Noted Men on the Solid South,” has recently appeared, and to the papers comprised in it I am indebted for much material in this branch of my subject. [82] Since this was written, a certain class have shown marked signs of advance. [83] “Sunny Skies and Dark Shadows,” p. 144. [84] I would refer to the valuable paper contributed by the Hon. B. J. Sage to the volume “Noted Men on the Solid South,” already cited. [85] “Noted Men on the Solid South,” p. 404. [86] “Noted Men on the Solid South,” p. 406. [87] _Id._ p. 406. [88] Dr. Henry M. Field, “Bright Skies and Dark Shadows.” [89] “Noted Men on the Solid South,” p. 408. [90] Since writing this, after a struggle which taxed all the civil resources of the government, this organization has been overthrown. [91] “Noted Men on the Solid South,” p. 427. [92] “Noted Men on the Solid South,” Mr. Hemphill’s paper, p. 94. [93] “Noted Men on the Solid South,” p. 95. [94] “Noted Men on the Solid South,” pp. 99-102. [95] “Noted Men on the Solid South,” p. 104. [96] Governor Chamberlain has recently written an open letter to Mr. James Bryce, the eminent English student of American governmental conditions, in which after thirty-odd years’ experience he takes absolutely the Southern side of the Race Question. [97] This was written in 1892. [98] See Appendix. [99] See “Vital Statistics of the Negro.” Cited _supra_. CHAPTER VIII OF THE SOLUTION OF THE QUESTION