[i] [i] THE FREEDMEN'S BOOK. By L. MARIA CHILD. O dark, sad millions,—patiently and dumb Waiting for God,—your hour, at last, has come, And Freedom's song Breaks the long silence of your night of wrong. John G. Whittier. John G. Whittier. [ii] [ii] University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., Cambridge. [iii] [iii] [iv] [iv] TO THE FREEDMEN. I have prepared this book expressly for you, with the hope that those of you who can read will read it aloud to others, and that all of you will derive fresh strength and courage from this true record of what colored men have accomplished, under great disadvantages. I have written all the biographies over again, in order to give you as much information as possible in the fewest words. I take nothing for my services; and the book is sold to you at the cost of paper, printing,
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