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I find that the prejudice in this country to color is very great, and I sometimes fear that it is on the increase.

The people of the North owe to the colored race a deep obligation that is no easy matter to fulfill.

I got colored mechanics in the United States Navy Yard for the first time.

I sedulously refrained from doing anything that would incite slaves to run away from their masters.

I was imprisoned in Missouri in 1854 for preaching the gospel to Negroes, though I was never subjected to violence.

While it is desirable to build up the colored race, we must not sacrifice our best and purest white friends.