Word: negro
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...talk was closed by a few words on the most prominent of the English traits. It is surprising to notice how very markedly they are lacking in sympathy and humor, in both of which the Irish and the negro are so strong. But their sense of loyalty and fair play, both of which Col-Higginson illustrated by happy anecdotes, are what chiefly lend to the nation its high and respected character...
...happens fiction is not otherwise represented in this number unless one includes Elizabeth Bellamy's clever sketch of negro life, called "Mom Cely's Wonderful Luck." Edward Everett Hale's first paper on "My College Days" is written with much brightness, and gives an interesting account of Harvard College in the days of President Quincy, abounding in reminiscences of well-known students and professors. Another paper of reminiscent interest is a charming essay by Mr. H. C. Merwin, "On Growing Old;" while Dr. William Henry Furness offers some "Random Reminiscences of Emerson," which throw new light on the personality...
...independence, all men are dependent on one another, and the closer the bond the better men they are. The aim of our Revolution was to combine the various elements that had settled America's shores, from the Puritans in Massachusetts to the Huguenots in Carolina. The Rebellion made the negro our brother...
Hampton Institute is situated on a point of land in the Chesyeake Bay. It was there that the cargoes of slaves were landed and the place where the Indian was first baptized. General Armstrong who was in command of some negro troops at his place during the war, afterwards thought what a grand work could be done with the colored race at that place. A few years later the Institute was founded and Mr. Armstrong was at its head...
Many Indians are also brought to Hampton from the West, they go and graduate the same as the negro...