Excerpt from History of the Negro Race in America, Vol. 1 of 2: From 1619 to 1880, Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens, Together With a Preliminary Consideration of the Unity of the Human Family, an Historical Sketch of Africa, and an Account of the Negro Governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia, 1619 to 18In the preparation of this work I have consulted over twelve thousand volumes, - about one thousand of which are referred to in the foot notes, - and thousands of pamphlets.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.