Henry Clay Christiancy, First Michigan Regiment, in Civi War uniform, colored studio portrait

[20th century copy of earlier print]

A treatise on the intellectual character and civil and political condition of the Colored people of the U. States and the prejudice exercised towards them /

"The sermon as proposed in our title page, is omitted."

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.

Includes bibliography.

Colored soldiers /

Preface -- Black recruits -- Scrap Jennings' whiskey -- Corporal Shoe-Blacken -- Presidential interference -- The grave digger -- The "K.P.'s" or a dark knight in June -- The razor raffle -- Skeeter and the dentist -- Cuffy Green -- Capt. Pig-Iron-Pete -- The blood test -- Private Snowball Sneed --Speedy aikin -- A wife's revenge -- Shorty Sim's funeral -- Straffus Ashtraft -- Satisfying a soldier.