| 单词 | colored person |
| 例句 | “And the KKK? They get a report of any colored person who tries to register to vote. You want that hammer hangin’ over your family?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In fact, I don’t think we’d ever had a colored person in our house until Betty Jean showed up ironing last week. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured that if I was in jail people were going to assume I was the kind of colored person who ends up in jail, a violent criminal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Ever colored person in Jackson gets in front a whatever tee-vee set they can find, watches Martin Luther King stand in our nation’s capital and tell us he’s got a dream. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Did the conjure apply only to those who had an intention to run or to all colored persons who stepped over the line? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They say a colored person can do well going there. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z In South Africa back then, it wasn’t common to find a white person or a colored person who spoke African languages; during apartheid white people were always taught that those languages were beneath them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Among "colored persons" in that age group, the rate was 70 percent. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In the amendments to the state’s constitution, the punishment for possessing seditious writings, or for aiding and abetting a colored person, was left to the discretion of local authorities. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The officer in charge shall not bury any colored persons upon ground usedfor the burial of white persons. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Without saying it, Elzenia meant, “Leave it where their anger is at the horse. One word could turn that kind of anger on a colored person.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of my color, they thought I was a colored person, but speaking the same languages meant that I belonged to their tribe. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I remember that contest, but I don’t remember hearing nothing ’bout no colored person winning it.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z That there are white men out there hungry to hear about a colored person crossing whites, ready with they wooden bats, matchsticks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes he was the first colored person to set foot in the buildings apart from the men who built them, the women who cleaned them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z With that type of crowd, there wasn’t anything they wouldn’t do to a colored person. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a white lady tell me once that blood looks redder on a colored person. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Don’t believe I seen nan one colored person in the whole dang city. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z New York was a Free State, they argued, and any colored person became magically free once they stepped over the border. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The worst way to insult a colored person was to infer that they were in some way black. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Any colored person could tell right off she was one of them. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It wasn’t easy for a colored person to be traveling back then. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a colored person there, except for the maid in the kitchen who was putting sandwiches on a table. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I laughed the way white folks always do when they tell something funny a colored person said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Because of that I was seen as a colored person who didn’t want to be colored. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She reassured Im to never be “worried to talk to a colored person.” L.A. riots are remembered 30 years later with hope and pessimism 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “Until 1937, Inglewood was the Southern California headquarters for the Ku Klux Klan. Blacks could not buy in Inglewood because there were covenants on the properties that you couldn’t sell to a colored person.” Inglewood Has Experienced Dramatic Change. The Super Bowl Is Proof of That. 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z “It would be a waste to give a scholarship to a colored person,” he recalled one admissions officer saying. Ashley Bryan, whose joyous picture books celebrated Black life and history, dies at 98 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Owners had to agree to never rent, lease, sell or transfer their property to “any negro or colored person or any person of colored extraction,” as one contract stated. Northwest D.C.’s Glover Park is ‘so close to everything, yet far enough away’ 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The deeds were originally written close to a century ago with the line, “No lot or dwelling shall be sold to or occupied by a colored person.” NY neighborhood gets historical race restrictions off deeds 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z “You’ve always got a target on your back as a colored person,” he said. ‘Hidden Gem’ Made Popular by TikTok Is Shut to Keep Out-of-Towners Away 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z “If white and colored persons are employed together,” the sociologist Bertram Doyle wrote in the 1930s, “they do not engage in the same tasks, generally, and certainly not as equals.” America’s Enduring Caste System 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z She said she felt ignored by colleagues and once heard a coworker call her a “colored person.” Puget Sound school districts are trying to recruit — and keep — more teachers of color. Here’s how. 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Meade Church is the still predominantly black congregation that was created after the Civil War when Christ Church segregated and opened “an Episcopal Church for colored persons,” according to the Meade history webpage. Christ Church looks down on George Washington, Robert E. Lee 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z “A colored person might prejudice the case in court, in certain sections of the country,” the official said. Perspective | The doctor said it could cure cancer. The federal chemist proved that it couldn’t. 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z “Try go shopping for a freaking doll of a colored person,” Durkan said. Mayoral candidate Nikkita Oliver wins ‘Candidate Survivor’ — and Jenny Durkan’s gaffe 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z “It means the inability of so many white Southerners to keep their fists, their clubs, or their guns in their pockets when a colored person stands up for his legal rights.” The Infamous Lynching Site That Still Stands in Mississippi 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z “Black” and “African American” are the preferred terms; “negro, negroid, colored person, dark” are problematic. Durham, We Have a Problem 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z “At the end, she’d say, “Now it wasn’t so bad serving a colored person, was it?’ Once home to civil rights pioneer, historic house is now worst on the block in LeDroit 2014-02-18T16:34:50Z “At the end, she’d say, ‘Now, it wasn’t so bad serving a colored person, was it?’ Once home to civil rights pioneer, historic house is now worst on the block in LeDroit 2014-02-16T01:35:28Z I was successful in getting one colored person to come and register—my oldest brother. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z All the domestics of the house are colored persons, which is very seldom indeed the case in this part of the United States. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z But this census, at least so far as statistics touching slaves and free colored persons are concerned, is notoriously and grossly incorrect. Slavery and the Constitution 2012-02-01T03:00:13.957Z Seven years ago a colored person could hardly get justice, in even the plainest case, from a jury of the other race. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Long time before this I has took note that he thinks a colored person naturally enjoys being called "a dam black rabbit" or "a worthless black scoundrel" whilst he's waiting on white folks. J. Poindexter, Colored 2011-06-11T02:00:11.257Z This was my fifth year and still there had not been a colored person on my land. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z Not every one called Black is a colored person; and how very many are called Wise who are not! St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z In Philadelphia it was discovered that colored persons were not admitted to the Musical Fund Hall, in which the lectures had been given. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z Marriage between white and colored persons is forbidden. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z No colored person of either sex would dare to approach the scene of the execution. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z There was only one other colored person in the town, a barber who was married to a white woman, and I didn't like him. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z In February, 1856, several colored persons were seized in Hamilton County as fugitive slaves. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z To be a free colored person was not to possess the citizenship of the world any more than to be a Christian today is evidence that one is an imitator of Christ. Papers of the American Negro Academy. (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 18-19.) 2011-02-23T03:00:31.787Z The heinous system of slavery in that rebellious State treated as a crime the teaching of any slave or free colored person whatsoever. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z From the manner in which this colored person fell across the sill, it was evident that he had been upon his knees the instant before. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z Of those declared guilty, fourteen were white, one thousand two hundred and forty-two free colored persons, and fifty-nine slaves. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future I was asked at this dinner whether I should object to sitting next to a colored person in, for example, a box at the opera. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 In actual practice the term "free colored person" embraced the idea of freedom from personal service to a specified owner and little else, particularly in the slave-holding States. Papers of the American Negro Academy. (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 18-19.) 2011-02-23T03:00:31.787Z Some advocated the cause and supported the interests of the society, on the principles of direct humanity to the free colored persons of America. Discussion on American Slavery And there was not a rood of ground, a horse, colored person, gate or wall, but was an attraction to Maid Sally, so long as it belonged to Ingleside. Maid Sally Yesterday F—— ordered “jole,” and was sitting in a state of placid doubt, when his colored person returned with a plate of pickled pork. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 He has indeed become the most noted of them, and his name is cited as standing first in his calling among all colored persons who have ever appeared on the stage. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children In 1833, Connecticut enacted a law forbidding the setting up or establishment of any school, academy or literary institution for the instruction or education of colored persons who were not inhabitants of the State. Papers of the American Negro Academy. (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 18-19.) 2011-02-23T03:00:31.787Z It was the largest meeting of colored persons ever convened in Philadelphia,—I will say 3000, though I might safely add 500 more. Discussion on American Slavery It has been argued that, if a colored person be made a citizen of a State, he cannot sue in the Federal court. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. After you have ordered four courses of the unknown, and your colored person has gone in the direction of the kitchen, you sit with the mouth of expectation wide open. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 Why, then, retorted a Senator from the South, do you not direct your artillery against the Constitution of Iowa which does not allow a colored person to vote? History of the Constitutions of Iowa Neither in the constitution nor laws of Vermont does one find for this period any distinction based on color, so that in Vermont the term "free colored person" had no existence and consequently no meaning. Papers of the American Negro Academy. (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 18-19.) 2011-02-23T03:00:31.787Z In October, 1852, several colored persons were about leaving Sandusky in a steamer for Detroit, when they were seized and taken before Mr. Follet, mayor of the city, and claimed as fugitive slaves. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence To this I answer, that colored persons are made property by the law of the State, and no such power has been given to Congress. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. The wonder is not that colored persons do not more generally visit our sanctuaries, but that they ever should attend. Thoughts on African Colonization One of these new free State laws says, the testimony of no "free colored person shall be received in court against any white person." The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years I turned my looks away from the women without clothes, while that colored person was by; but gave them a skimpy peep or two the minute he was gone. Phemie Frost's Experiences He was rescued by a small number of colored persons at noonday. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence The Constitution of New York gave the right to vote to "every male inhabitant, who shall have resided," &c.; making no discrimination between free colored persons and others. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. Our legislature should immediately offer a bounty for the body of every free colored person! Thoughts on African Colonization Then again, in case a free colored person is imprisoned and unable to pay his jail fees, he may be apprenticed out to labor until the sum be paid. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years A colored person in white gloves opened the door, and waving his hand like a Grand Duke—oh, how that word goes to my heart—said: "Front door, second story." Phemie Frost's Experiences The Methodist Episcopal Church decided in 1840 against allowing any "colored persons" to give testimony against "white persons." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) New York, by its Constitution of 1820, required colored persons to have some qualifications as prerequisites for voting, which white persons need not possess. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. But neither the United States nor the individual States could make colored persons citizens. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 In answer to her inquiry the latter replied: "I don't choose to write for a colored person." The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Some colored persons were dawdling around the depot, and a few lazy white folks passing down the street, stopped to look at us as we got out of the cars. Phemie Frost's Experiences And there comes that wonderful colored person of yours, to say that the feast is spread and the chowder perfect. A Noble Woman In some of the States, as we have seen, colored persons were among those qualified by law to act on this subject. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. The Chief Justice stated that colored persons were not, at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, citizens under the laws of the several States and the laws of the civilized world. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 “Very well; I was wondering if she was really a colored person,” remarked Delaven. The Bondwoman At last the two colored persons came down with a long tin pail, in which was a roll of butter and some vinegar. Phemie Frost's Experiences "No," said Tom; "I might disturb the colored persons; I'll stay where I am." A Noble Woman It has already been shown that in five of the thirteen original States, colored persons then possessed the elective franchise, and were among those by whom the Constitution was ordained and established. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. The assertion, that colored persons could not be and were not citizens of the several States, was simply false. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 He said that whites became alarmed and called a meeting and invited some colored persons to consult with them.—Work, Negro Migration during the War He’s the most respectful colored person I ever saw and the only one I’d ever have around.” The Comings of Cousin Ann If the house was going into the hands of a new mistress, the colored persons of the establishment had resolved to commemorate the event in advance with a grand entertainment. A Noble Woman It has sometimes been urged that colored persons are shown not to be citizens of the United States by the fact that the naturalization laws apply only to white persons. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. Virginia, white persons who teach any colored person to read or write, are fined not exceeding fifty dollars; for teaching slaves for pay, from ten to twenty dollars for each offence. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans He suggested that whites get representative colored persons together and find the cause. Negro Migration during the War You will not attempt to prove that every native colored person you meet in the streets, has not the same right to remain in this his native land, that you and we have. The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. Charged with Publishing and Circulating Seditious and Incendiary Papers, &c. in the District of Columbia, with the Intent of Exciting Servile Insurrection. Carefully Reported, and Compiled from the Written Statements of the Court and the Counsel. The board is composed of white and colored persons. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century It may be added, that the power to make colored persons citizens of the United States, under the Constitution, has been actually exercised in repeated and important instances. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. In Mississippi, any white who employs, or receives a free colored person, without a certificate of freedom, written on parchment, forfeits one thousand dollars. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans It was decided that the trustees had such power, when separate schools were provided for colored persons. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject It is a chartered State institution, and has on its board of trustees white and colored persons, Northern and Southern. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements There is an old saying which closely associates a colored person with a wood-pile, but our particular Senegambian was not of that variety. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm I do not deem it necessary to review at length the legisla-193-tion of Congress having more or less bearing on the citizenship of colored persons. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. The assembly confirmed this favorable report a few months ago, by passing a bill conferring on all free black and colored persons the same privileges, civil and political, with the white inhabitants. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Last Wednesday a bill passed by the Massachusetts Legislature authorizing colored persons to join military organizations, was vetoed by Gov. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject It was in reference to this gentleman, that an ambitious colored person of that day instructed the shoemaker he employed, that he wanted “his boots to have as much creak in them as Squire Moses’s.” Old New England Traits If we exclude, in the estimate, all colored persons, and whites under twenty years of age, the proportion will stand thus: in the United States, one to every twelve is unable to read and write. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes That as free colored persons born within some of the States are citizens of those States, such persons are also citizens of the United States. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. Sundry general laws of a penal nature have been made more penal; and the number of offences, for which a colored person may suffer death, is increased. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Mr. Sheriff Mercer, of Kent county, assured me that the criminal statistics of that county prove that nine-tenths of the offenses against the laws are committed by colored persons. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject I went into the cabin and sat down on one of the sofas, to think, when a colored person told me to get off the sofa. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 Considerable excitement has arisen in different localities of the Free States, on account of the seizure of colored persons claimed as fugitive slaves. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Robert Lofton is a fine looking old man, with silky white hair and an octoroon appearance, although the son of two colored persons. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 A free colored person cannot be a witness against a white man. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans The New Orleans Picayune notices that a vessel cleared from that port on the previous day, having on board eighty-one free colored persons, emigrating to Hayti. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Flora was an ignorant colored person, I, a baptized white child of the covenant who could read the Bible for herself. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood In short, it is safe to say that a large proportion of the colored persons lynched are innocent.... Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization They provide that if any colored person, any free negro or mulatto, shall come into that State for the purpose of residing there, he shall be sold into slavery for life. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States Any free colored person emigrating into this State, is fined from ten to fifty dollars, and hard labor in the penitentiary from one to two years. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans At a subsequent sale of another property, cut up into very fine building lots, by the same gentleman, one of the conditions of sale announced was, that no bid should be received from colored persons. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject It will be recollected that the Constitution first presented by the State of Oregon, contained a clause prohibiting free colored persons from residing within that State. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 It was not until 1832 that the Convention saw the error of its conclusion and declared that it must depend "principally on colored persons, as missionaries and school teachers, in Africa." The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 The bill for Impartial Suffrage in the District of Columbia," said Mr. Sumner, "concerns directly some twenty thousand colored persons, whom it will lift to the adamantine platform of equal rights. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States If the sailor do not depart within ten days after his captain's refusal, he must be whipped thirty-nine lashes; and all colored persons, bond or free, who communicate with him, receive the same. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans And besides, we have 500,000 free colored persons among us, a number nearly equal to that which your emancipation act set at liberty, and more than the whole number imported. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The State of Illinois has a code of laws against free colored persons, citizens of other States, as severe as those of South Carolina or Louisiana. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 There were regular expeditions to carry off free colored persons from the coasts of New York and New Jersey, many of them successful. History of the United States, Volume 3 It says, in effect, that no one shall subject a colored person to a different punishment than that inflicted on a white person for the same offense. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States The number of free black and colored persons is about double that of the whites; so that the proportion of white to that of colored paupers in the Bahamas, is nearly two to one. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans But when you do think of them from that angle you cannot but honor the more highly those colored persons who have achieved positions of importance. Carl and the Cotton Gin Of the publishments of colored persons interested and the early records of Dartmouth," said J. M. Earle in 1861, "by far the larger proportion of those of them were Negro men to Indian women. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 He asked to put in at his own expense five windows after the likeness of leper windows in England windows that colored persons and natives might use freely and without reproach. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales He "claimed and exercised the power to protect colored persons in their civil rights," and yet, when "urged to allow loyal blacks to vote," he held that "he had no power; it was unconstitutional." History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States The probable amount of white persons in the island is fourteen thousand five hundred—of free black and colored persons, four thousand five hundred. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans For White Folks and Colored Folks.—Every colored person may now go where and when he pleases. The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes Dear Sir: As you may already know, I have been for a considerable time collecting information about the colored persons who were members of State Legislatures during the reconstruction period. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 He understood that colored persons and natives were not to be encouraged to frequent this mother of churches. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Does that discriminate in favor of the colored person? History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States If a free colored person remain in Virginia twelve months after his manumission, he can be sold by the overseers of the poor for the benefit of the literary fund! An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans No omnibuses ran that day, and street cars as yet were not; so she hired five colored persons, loaded them with baskets of ready prepared food, and proceeded to the Capitol. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience I believe he seek religion same as any colored person. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 They could have sold them in the South for $300 each, and stood in great need of the money; but instead, they gave to these two poor colored persons the priceless boon of liberty. Among the Sioux A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas When Mr. Chase became Chief Justice, colored persons were admitted to practice in the courts of the United States. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The number passing through the hospital annually was, on the average, fifteen free black and colored persons and thirteen whites. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Later in the same message Congress is requested to appropriate money and prepare otherwise for colonizing free colored persons with their own consent at some place without the United States. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 A colored person of the name of Macfarlane, in every way adapted for the office, is employed for the purpose; this school circulates, with excellent effect, from one estate to another. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 I asked, beginning to be a good deal interested in this royal colored person. A Jolly Fellowship Confronted with widespread criticism of this policy, however, Knox asked the Navy's General Board in September 1940 to give him "some reasons why colored persons should not be enlisted for general service." Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 Jamaica is supposed to contain twenty thousand whites, and double that number of free black and colored persons. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans The colonists will be brought to Washington unless otherwise hereafter directed to be employed and provided for at the camps for colored persons around that city. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 The voice of a colored person in the rear breaks in upon my recollections of the warbler. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer The establishment of this precedent caused the street railroad companies of the city to issue an order that colored persons should be allowed to travel in their cars. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Several times Bunny or Sue asked colored persons they met if they were looking for a little lost colored girl, but no one seemed to be. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home Under the term "runaway slaves" are included many free colored persons taken up unjustly. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans When the bill was under consideration which denied to colored persons the privilege of naturalization in the United States, he secured an amendment by which the exclusion was limited to the Mongolian race. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 Power was thus given to consider any evening meeting of colored persons a disorderly one, and to arrest all who were participating in it. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Fancy our disgust, when we found the shutters closed, everything carefully locked up, and no living soul about the place but two helpless little colored persons of tender age. Border and Bastille And, strange as it may seem, Bunny and Sue had asked many colored persons they met, if they wanted a little lost colored girl. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home North Carolina has made a law subjecting any vessel with free colored persons on board to thirty days' quarantine; as if freedom were as bad as the cholera! An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans I would be in the house working and daddy would be telling some white person how they ’bused the slaves, and sometimes he would be tellin’ some colored person ’bout slavery. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 These States have also received thousands of colored persons, brought to them by humane and conscientious masters, for the very purpose of emancipating them. The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy As 1,800 Federals, including a regiment of cavalry, occupied Poolsville—only six miles off—it was easy to guess in what direction the "colored person" had wandered. Border and Bastille A colored person will turn square about on seeing a funeral procession approaching. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk In Georgia, free colored persons when unable to pay any fine, may be sold for a space of time not exceeding five years. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans At this time there was not a colored person in the neighborhood who could spell cat, much less write his name. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers "Good-morning, Uncle Job," replied Mike, taking the hand of the aged colored person. Stand By The Union While I was getting the new horse on his feet again, I saw a colored person approaching, who came to my assistance. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) Although the Freedman's Bank caused many a colored person to shrink from any banking institution, yet some were hopeful and again began to save money. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro As it respects promoting insurrections by discussing this subject, it should be remembered that it is very rare for any colored person at the South to know how to read or write. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans "Yes, sir," replied Punch, who was a very genteel colored person. A Victorious Union "I am very glad to see you, Uncle Job," said Christy, taking the hand of the venerable colored person. Stand By The Union "Why, I'm picking it for the colored people," said Kate, "at least for one colored person." What Might Have Been Expected The ease and facility with which colored persons were sent to the penitentiary kept a goodly supply of prisoners on hand. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro They pledge themselves to educate no colored persons unless they are solemnly bound to quit the country. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans However, colored persons cannot be forbidden to occupy houses in blocks where the greater number of houses are occupied by white persons, and vice versa. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 When a colored person died back in the days when Uncle Henry was coming on, he said they sat up with the dead and had prayers for the living. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 The clothes of the two victims were hung on two pine trees, and no colored person would touch them. Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days For every colored man, woman and child should rejoice in the success or upward step of any colored person, because it is an inspiration and a hope to thousands of others to follow his example. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro He made her think of the first colored person she had ever seen. A Little Florida Lady Indeed, the most ordinary white person, is almost revered, while the most qualified colored person is totally neglected. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States That colored person is taking this boy somewhere for no good purpose. Bob Chester's Grit From Ranch to Riches Even his voice is like a colored person's. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour It has been said that Negro boys and girls hearing of the deeds of some great man or woman have exclaimed, "Oh, well, no colored person could do that!" Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Beth had not seen another colored person from that time until this. A Little Florida Lady And we earnestly entreat all colored persons who can, to study, and have their children taught Spanish. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States As will be seen, nearly one-half of the entire number of free colored persons were mulattoes, while in the leading Southern cities seventy-five per cent. of the free colored people were put in this class. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army It is a duty and a privilege for colored persons to help the Government finance the war, which was for both whites and blacks. History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico For violations of the law there were about two hundred arrests, and not one colored person of the number. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro The document elicited more discussion than any other paper that was ever brought before that, or any other deliberative body of colored persons, and their friends. Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America It was expected that Anti-Slavery, according to its professions, would extend to colored persons, as far as in the power of its adherents, those advantages nowhere else to be obtained among white men. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States In the United States were found ten colored persons for every slave imported, while in the British colonies only one was found for every three imported. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army It is not the universal practice to admit colored persons to unions. History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico If colored persons are not permitted to ride, I suppose it is equally against the rules of the company to allow nuisances in their cars. What Answer? I was afraid to ask a white person, and I could see no colored person to ask. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself There is one thing certain, that no colored person, except such as would reject education altogether, would be adverse to putting their child with an anti-slavery person, for educational advantages. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States Had the blacks of the United States experienced the same treatment as did those of the British colonies, 1860 would have found among us less than 150,000 colored persons. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army For instance, nothing can prevent a colored person from practicing industry, honesty, saving and decency, if he or she desires to practice them. History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico Here's this filthy fellow, a nuisance to everybody near him, can ride in these cars, and a nice, respectable colored person can't. What Answer? But for some time Malinda was watched so very closely by white and by colored persons, both day and night, that it was not possible for us to escape together. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself For up to this period, neither common white, nor genteel colored persons, could ride in first class cars; since which time, all who are able and willing to pay, go in them. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States Free colored persons have sometimes been arrested, and, on false testimony, delivered to claimants, taken to slave states and held as slaves. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. It was my privilege not only to observe the work done in civil life by colored persons in this country during the war, but to visit colored troops in France during hostilities. History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico It consists of about 800 pages, clearly printed on beautiful white paper, making the largest book ever written by a colored person in this country. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. His help had been engaged from the swarms of colored persons who infest the stations and public resorts along the coast. Idle Hour Stories Indeed, we can have no other idea about anti-slavery in this country, than that the legitimate persons to fill any and every position about an anti-slavery establishment are colored persons. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States Both races generally approve the laws prohibiting inter-marriages between white and colored persons, which seem to be uniform throughout the Southern States. The Negro Problem I would not have a colored person, to drag me down to hell, for all the money in the world.' Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America In Augusta colored persons are in the Revenue Office and Post Office. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Here and there colored persons of unusual gifts distinguished themselves in various callings and were even occasionally entertained in white households. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making In the same month Georgetown, S.C., in a panic made it unlawful for a free colored person to take the Liberator from the post-office. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist There is also a statute in Georgia requiring that a separate tax list be kept in every county, of the property of white and colored persons. The Negro Problem On the frontier between the slave and free States there is a guard; no colored person can go over a ferry without a pass. Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America "Get their description," said Mr. W. I instantly inquired of one of the colored persons for the desired description, and was told that she was "a tall, dark woman, with two little boys." The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. A family of colored persons, at Uniontown, Pa., were claimed as slaves by a man in Virginia. The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18 This indicates that emancipation had ceased to swell, in any appreciable degree, the number of free colored persons, unless we are forced to admit that there is greater mortality amongst freedmen than slaves. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Florida is entitled to credit, however, for a statute making marriages between white and colored persons prior to 1866, where they continue to live together, valid and binding to all intents and purposes. The Negro Problem I have already said that it is forbidden by law to teach colored persons to read or write. Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America I saw three or four colored persons in the hall at Bloodgood's, none of whom I recognized except the boy who brought me the note. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Williamson held Wheeler back, and the woman went on shore, a number of colored persons taking up the boys and carrying them from the boat. The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18 In Canada you cannot be recognized in office--in the West Indies it is better, and some colored persons get into office. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Bible, not composed for use of colored persons. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Out of this ground each colored person has a piece as large as he can tend after his other work is done; the women have pieces in like manner. Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America The rule forbade any colored person leaving there by rail road or steamboat, without such applicant had been weighed, measured, and then given a bond signed by unquestionable signatures, well known. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Article.—Congress may appropriate money and otherwise provide for colonizing free colored persons, with their own consent, at any place or places without the United States. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights James A. Jones, of Kent, thought his native county equal to any other in the State, and that colored persons were not more oppressed there than elsewhere in the State. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Through this fine lattice-work fence they discern the shining countenance of the colored person. Famous Americans of Recent Times A law has lately been passed in New Orleans prohibiting any free colored person from going there. Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America In fact I have not been in one colored person's house since I left Massachusetts; but I have a pleasant time. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. No master ever had a control so absolute over the slaves as this bill gives to the military officers over both white and colored persons. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson The people, he said, are all sovereigns; and the peculiarity of the case is that they have no subjects, except a few colored persons. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style The burden of proof is upon him who claims the colored person as a slave.... Strange True Stories of Louisiana No colored person can travel without a pass. Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America Mr. Fish himself testified before the Committee, that the church at Marshpee, in 1811, consisted of sixteen whites and but five colored persons. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained Congress may appropriate money and otherwise provide for colonizing free colored persons with their own consent at any place or places without the United States. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln She had never in her life addressed a colored person as "Mr. or Mrs." Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted The question followed: "What is there in the features of a colored person that designates them to be such?" Strange True Stories of Louisiana I am delighted in saying, that not only to myself, but to very many other colored persons, they have lent a benevolent and helping hand. Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America I am well aware of the anti-Christian prejudices which have excluded many colored persons from white churches, and the consequent necessity for erecting their own places of worship. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia The Society never counted among its members many colored persons. The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights He had lived in a part of the country where he had scarcely ever seen a colored person, and around the race their misfortunes had thrown a halo of romance. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted If I see a colored person coming I run from them. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 In five of the thirteen original States colored persons then possessed the elective franchise, and were among those by whom the Constitution was ordained and established. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 Even before 1700 there were in Virginia families in which both parents were free colored persons and in which every effort was made to bring up the children in honesty and morality. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia Several colored persons were present, among them two liberated slaves, who formerly belonged to our father, had come by inheritance to sister Anna, and had been freed by her. The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights When he called at the house of the colored person to pay the bill, he 'accidentally' met an old lady, who scrutinized him closely, and at length said, 'A'n't you Doctor B----?' The Wonders of Prayer A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer The patrollers were many in the county; they would whip any colored person caught off the place after night. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Maryland Narratives You never seed a colored person a Democrat in your life. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 On another occasion, Mr. Tyson having received satisfactory evidence that a colored person, on board a vessel about to sail for New Orleans, in Louisiana, was entitled to his freedom, hastened to his assistance. A Visit to the United States in 1841 To deny economic freedom to the colored person is in the end to deny it to the white person, too. The Trade Union Woman No ma'am, I never see but one colored person whipped. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 Although without a pastor, they held religious meetings on the Sundays which we passed in Hampton, which were attended by about sixty colored persons and three hundred soldiers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 The Connecticut Black Act, prohibiting, under heavy penalties, the instruction of any colored person from another State, is well known. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 4 of 4 A short time afterwards, the remains of a colored person who had been drowned in the basin at Baltimore were discovered. A Visit to the United States in 1841 A race of slaves, or at least colored persons, of every hue from the jet black African, in regular gradation, up to the almost pure Anglo-Saxon color. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 Two years before I moved to this place I had a vision and I think I saw every colored person that was ever born in America, I believe. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 Whenever the train would stop she would come from the pullman to the coach where the colored persons had to ride to see about me. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 It was a crime now, by the laws of every Southern State, for white and colored persons to intermarry. The Marrow of Tradition That is the place for your oligarchic pauper, where the elements themselves are field-hands, with Nature for overseer, manufactures superfluous and free-trade a blessing, and plenty of colored persons to raise the mischief with. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 In Cincinnati, O., within sight of the slave land of Kentucky, a terrible persecution had commenced, and an effort was made to drive all colored persons from the place. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West During the thirties and forties, colored persons, however well prepared, were generally debarred from colleges despite the protests of prominent men. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War Every colored person on the place knowed where the pot was buried. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 The marriage of white and colored persons was forbidden by law. The Marrow of Tradition The only colored person in the room was a stout and very black man, wearing a broadcloth suit and a silk hat, and seated a short distance from the door. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays I have heard some colored persons boasting of the white blood, but I always feel like blushing for mine. Minnie's Sacrifice In fact almost every colored person who could read and write was a missionary teacher among his people. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War Interviewer's Comment Hanging on the wall was the old man's diploma from the Mississippi State Normal School for colored persons. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 Whether accidentally or not, the Northern visitors had no opportunity to meet or talk alone with any colored person in the city except the servants at the hotel. The Marrow of Tradition A colored minister is permitted to perform the ceremony of marriage between colored persons only, tho white ministers are not forbidden to join persons of color in wedlock. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays Every colored person, and every friend of their persecuted race, kept their eyes wide open. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself All free colored persons were to leave the State in ninety days. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War Ain't nobody can get closer to a white person than a colored person. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 The population of Cuba is now about a million and a quarter, rather more than half of whom are colored persons, and one out of every four of the colored population is free. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America A bumptious colored person wearing a derby tipped over one eye, and a cigar in his mouth pointing to the northwest, walked into a hardware store and remarked, "Lemme see your razors." John Jacob Astor No colored person had ever been allowed interment in the white people's burying-ground, and the minister knew that all the deceased of your family reposed together in the old graveyard of the slaves. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Rev. Hiram Wilson, the first principal of the institution, began with fourteen "boarding scholars" when there were no more than fifty colored persons in all the vicinity. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War The whole community—with but a single exception, among the whites—frowned upon everything like imparting instruction either to slaves or to free colored persons. My Bondage and My Freedom A number of women kept shouting, crying, and by loud appeals excited the colored persons assembled. Harriet, the Moses of Her People It was a bill to provide that the Army and Navy of the United States might be put on a war-footing on the application of any three colored persons. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 It was the only case I ever knew of such an honor conferred upon a colored person. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself No public meetings or congregations of negroes or colored persons shall be allowed within the limits of the town of Franklin, under any circumstances or for any purpose, without the permission of the mayor. Report on the Condition of the South I had, on the Eastern Shore, been only a teacher, when in company with other slaves, but now there were colored persons who could instruct me. My Bondage and My Freedom A number of the colored persons, slaves and freemen, who were chieftains under Fedon, or had signalized themselves by extraordinary acts of cruelty, were arrested and hanged. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale There was an occasional alligator swimming comfortably along in the canal, and an occasional picturesque colored person on the bank, flinging his statue-rigid reflection upon the still water and watching for a bite. Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. Neither could a colored person give testimony in a criminal case against one who was white. History of California Every negro or colored person violating this law shall be imprisoned and put to work five days on the public streets. Report on the Condition of the South This man was the most intelligent and used the best language of any colored person of his age I met in this portion of Virginia. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences The New York Sun reported in 1840 that 160 colored persons left Philadelphia for Trinidad. A Century of Negro Migration He "never was for barbarizing a poor colored person at all." A Florida Sketch-Book Between him and the 'colored person,' was an 'eternal distinction,' an active and irreconcilable antagonism, that developed itself on every possible occasion. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod The ordinance relative to the "Police of negroes or colored persons within the corporate limits of the town of Franklin," dated Friday, July 28, 1865, and signed by A.L. Report on the Condition of the South In the park were rustic seats of ancient style, chipped off and notched here and there, yet a colored person had never been allowed inside unless as the body servant of his master. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Eradicate ate with a party of colored persons whose acquaintance he had quickly made. Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground In all my life in the North, I think I have never seen a colored person dining with a white man. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, Never ask a colored person—at least the crude, rustic specimens—any question that involves a memory of names, or any arbitrary signs; you will rarely get a satisfactory answer. Winter Sunshine This prohibition is not intended, however, to prevent negroes or colored persons from attending the usual church service, conducted by established ministers of religion. Report on the Condition of the South An infamous "health order" was issued, compelling every colored person, not employed by responsible parties in the city or suburbs, to go into the "corral," or colored camp. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences He stopped on his way to arouse Eradicate but found that he and all the colored persons had left their staterooms. Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground Several colored persons are seen standing round the square box. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters During the process of emancipation in Northern States large numbers of colored persons were spirited off to the South and sold into slavery. An Anti-Slavery Crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm Any negro or colored person found drunk within the limits of the town shall be imprisoned and made to labor five days on the public streets, or pay five dollars in lieu of said labor. Report on the Condition of the South Her tones were almost like those of a colored person. Tom Swift and His Airship To my mind," he said, "nothing is clearer than the absolute necessity of suffrage for all colored persons in the disorganized states. The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states There are many communities now having more than one free colored person to seven whites, and this without any apparent consciousness of evil from it. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863 A few free colored persons may get into the free States, in any event; but their number is too insignificant to amount to much in the way of mixing blood. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858 Within the last thirty years there has been a great change in public sentiment relating to colored persons. The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy To him President Roosevelt turned for some suggestions as to appointing colored persons to offices in the South. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography It is true that when the gaze of these fell upon him it was instantly arrested, for no colored person could have passed him without a little pang of pleasure and of longing. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William On the first day of October, 1851, there was shuffling about the streets of Syracuse, in the quiet pursuit of his simple avocations, a colored person, as nearly ``of no account'' as any ever seen. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 They like best to be called colored persons, and we should always try to please them. Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom |
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