Autobiography of James L Smith Including Also Reminiscences of Slave Life R
Autobiography of James L Smith Including Also Reminiscences of Slave Life R
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I was then keeping shop in Chapman's Block, on Franklin Square, when the proclamation of freedom was proclaimed ; it sent a thrill of joy through every avenue of my soul. I exclaimed, " Glory to God, peace on earth, and good will to men, " for the year of jubilee has come ! His glorious Proclamation of Emancipa- tion will stamp the first of January, 1863, as the day of days; the great day of jubilee to millions. When that battle cry resounded throughout the land, o'er river and plains, o'er mou...ntains and glens, even then the government could not entirely emancipate itself from the hateful spirit of caste. Still awed by the traditions of the past, it had not the courage to say to the freed- men: "We want you to fight in defence of the life of the nation;" but they said: " We want you as laborers, and for your better organization and control we will enroll you in companies, and form you into a regiment, and for your protection, we will arm you. " It was by this sneaking, back-door arrangement, that they were smuggled surreptitiously into the service of our countrv.
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I was then keeping shop in Chapman's Block, on Franklin Square, when the proclamation of freedom was proclaimed ; it sent a thrill of joy through every avenue of my soul. I exclaimed, " Glory to God, peace on earth, and good will to men, " for the year of jubilee has come ! His glorious Proclamation of Emancipa- tion will stamp the first of January, 1863, as the day of days; the great day of jubilee to millions. When that battle cry resounded throughout the land, o'er river and plains, o'er mou...ntains and glens, even then the government could not entirely emancipate itself from the hateful spirit of caste. Still awed by the traditions of the past, it had not the courage to say to the freed- men: "We want you to fight in defence of the life of the nation;" but they said: " We want you as laborers, and for your better organization and control we will enroll you in companies, and form you into a regiment, and for your protection, we will arm you. " It was by this sneaking, back-door arrangement, that they were smuggled surreptitiously into the service of our countrv.
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