Book/Printed Material John F. W. Ware and his work for the freedmen: an address in the African Methodist Church, Charles Street, Boston, April 11, 1881 African American Pamphlet Collection copy
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Image 1 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy JOHN F. W. WARE, AND HIS WORK FOR THE FREEDMEN. AN ADDRESS IN THE AFRICAN METHODIST CHURCH, CHARLES STREET, BOSTON, APRIL 11, 1881. BY WILLIAM E. MATTHEWS, OF BALTIMORE. WITH INTRODUCTORY REMARKS…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 2 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy At the request of the officers and members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston, Mr. William E. Matthews, of Washington, delivered an address in that church on the evening of…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 3 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy REMARKS OF HON. JOHN D. LONG.* * At the request of the pastor of the church, His Excellency John D. Long, Governor of the Commonwealth, took the chair. To those, and they…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 4 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 4 color who was a co-worker with him in Maryland in the cause of education and liberty, and who is prepared to tell the story of his service there by reason of…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 5 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy ADDRESS BY MR. MATTHEWS. Mr. President, —I come with glad feet, but a saddened heart, from my home on the border, not for the purpose of pronouncing a eulogy, or to give…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 6 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 6 after another on the liberties of the people, which had at last culminated in the firing on Fort Sumter. The miserable months preceding this act had been wasted in parley and…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 7 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 7 policemen, or watchmen, as they were called, could neither read nor write, I remember, with a malicious delight, how those of us who could read, got around them by either writing…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 8 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 8 cloudy and cheerless, and the leaders seemed to be paralyzed by a condition of affairs they could neither comprehend nor defeat. It was, indeed, our night of utter darkness, without a…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 9 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 9 of life or death. No half-way measures were to be tolerated. Heroic treatment was the only treatment; and these men were brave enough to follow out the logic of their conclusions…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 10 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 10 swept the State, and by its act so amended the Constitution as to prohibit the holding of slaves, and thus emancipated the people by its own free will,—the only case of…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 11 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 11 his will, gathered all his powers, and with Titanic zeal conquered every obstacle. And neither could anxieties, uncertainties, nor the most powerful opposition of public opinion swerve him from the fixedness…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 12 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 12 was not only to end in the breaking of chains, but which was to throw upon the country four millions of people who were to be educated and moulded into the…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 13 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 13 the other; and it is a marvel how easily he succeeded in getting his lofty thoughts down into the hearts and consciences of the most humble. I am not wise enough…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 14 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 14 Israel, David Creamer, Rev. Mr. Bruce, and a Jewish rabbi whose name I have forgotten, with others. The work seemed to employ his every leisure thought; and his cheerful face and…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 15 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 15 by paying advertising rates. That paper has since claimed to be the pioneer in advocating the cause of colored education! Driven in part by the condition of our finances, after a…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 16 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 16 of honest good-will. It is, I think, the only instance in which the work was begun and managed by those “to the manor born.” Swampscott, June 20, 1873. J.F.W.W. Few people…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 17 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 17 my notes for the contemplated talk, my host rushed in, armed with a gun in one hand and an axe in the other, saying in the most alarmed manner, “O Mr.…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 18 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 18 in the city, asking them to take up contributions on Sunday in their churches for the cause. How many responded to this appeal, think you? Outside of the two or three…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 19 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 19 hearers their every-day life, filled with sympathy for their trials. He seemed to be able to go down into the very depths of their previous week's life as no other man…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 20 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 20 But his preaching was only one good part of him. His work told, for he was always finding poor, weary souls, who needed him: they not only got the kind and…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 21 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 21 of Rev. Edward E. Hale, Rev. Dr. Bellows, the late Rev. Charles Lowe, and others. So it is that for quite fifteen years the Unitarians have been helping to spread the…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 22 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 22 worked on another line, but leading, let us trust, to the same great end,—the upbuilding of man and the glory of God. The aspiring nature of the soul, the continued longing…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 23 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 23 And so, my fellow-citizens, if you would look upon the monument to John F. W. Ware, come to Maryland and “look about you,” at the happy faces of the forty thousand…- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
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Image 24 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy- Contributor: Matthews, William E. - African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881
About this Item
Title
- John F. W. Ware and his work for the freedmen: an address in the African Methodist Church, Charles Street, Boston, April 11, 1881
Names
- Matthews, William E., 1845-1894, author
- African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- Boston, Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 1881.
Headings
- - Ware, John F. W.--(John Fothergill Waterhouse),--1818-1881
- - Freed persons--Maryland
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 23 p. 25 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F189.B1 M4
- E185 .A254 container M, no. 178 Formerly part of YA Collection: YA 14558.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 13022906
Online Format
- online text
- image
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- Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, 1600 to 1925 (143)
- African American Perspectives: Materials Selected from the Rare Book Collection (892)
- Rare Book and Special Collections Division (28,841)
- Selected Digitized Books (160,992)
- General Collections (215,047)
- Library of Congress Online Catalog (1,711,798)