E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) SHADOW and LIGHT SHADOW and LIGHT SHADOW and LIGHT SHADOW and LIGHT AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY WITH REMINISCENCES OF THE LAST AND PRESENT CENTURY. BY MIFFLIN WISTAR GIBBS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON A Fatherless Boy, Carpenter and Contractor, Anti-Slavery Lecturer, Merchant, Railroad Builder, Superintendent of Mine, Attorney-at-Law, County Attorney, Municipal Judge Register of United States Lands, Receiver of Public Monies for U. S., United States Consul to Madagascar—Prominent Race Leaders, etc. Washington, D. C. 1902. Copyright, 1902. Washington, D. C. Copyright, 1902. [Pg iii] [Pg iii] PREFACE. During the late years abroad, while reading the biographies of distinguished men who had been benefactors, the thought occurred that I had had a varied career, though not as fruitful or as deserving of renown as these characters, and differing as to status and aim. Yet the portrayal might be of benefit to those who, eager for advancement, are willing to be laborious students to attain worthy ends. I have aimed to give an added interest to the narrative by embellishing its pages with portraits of men who have gained distinction in
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