SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL FREEDMAN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Washington, D.C.: M'Gill & Witherow, 1864
Washington, D.C.: M'Gill & Witherow, 1864. 8pp. Original printed yellow wrappers. A clean and bright text. Disbound, else Very Good.
Reverend William Henry Channing, a prominent Unitarian preacher, was President of the Association. The nephew of William Ellery Channing, he was Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives when his Association issued this Report. The List of Officers and Managers appears on page [2].
Describing the Association's activities, the Report notes that "A considerable amount has been expended in defending the legal rights of freedmen, and in rescuing them from the remorseless grasp of the slave-catchers. Eminent counsel has been employed in a number of cases, and many a trembling fugitive has reason to be thankful to the Society for his deliverance from a worse than Egyptian bondage."
The Association's "great work" in the previous year "has been the establishment of free colored schools in different parts of the city." There follows a chronicle of the important events in the establishment of about ten free schools for the Negro children, and their "flourishing condition."
Sabin 20314 note. Not in LCP [see LCP 6992 for Fourth Annual Report; LCP Supp. 1546 for First Annual Report] or Bartlett. Not at AAS online site.
Reverend William Henry Channing, a prominent Unitarian preacher, was President of the Association. The nephew of William Ellery Channing, he was Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives when his Association issued this Report. The List of Officers and Managers appears on page [2].
Describing the Association's activities, the Report notes that "A considerable amount has been expended in defending the legal rights of freedmen, and in rescuing them from the remorseless grasp of the slave-catchers. Eminent counsel has been employed in a number of cases, and many a trembling fugitive has reason to be thankful to the Society for his deliverance from a worse than Egyptian bondage."
The Association's "great work" in the previous year "has been the establishment of free colored schools in different parts of the city." There follows a chronicle of the important events in the establishment of about ten free schools for the Negro children, and their "flourishing condition."
Sabin 20314 note. Not in LCP [see LCP 6992 for Fourth Annual Report; LCP Supp. 1546 for First Annual Report] or Bartlett. Not at AAS online site.
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Title
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL FREEDMAN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Author
National Freedman's Relief Association
Condition
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Publisher
M'Gill & Witherow: Washington, D.C.
Date
1864