Excerpt from The American Negro, From 1776 to 1876 Oration Delivered July 4, 1876 at Avondale, OhioThe following oration was delivered at Avondale, on the Fourth of July. It was prepared hastily, and was not originally intended for publication, but by unanimous vote, at the conclusion of its delivery, it was ordered printed.I very much regret that time forbids its revision, but, with all its imperfections I must send it to the public, with the hope that its pages will furnish some measure of instruction and pleasure, to my many friends who, judging its utterances wise, have urged its immediate publication.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.