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The negro has no linguistic laws—his pathetically musical speech is fast dying away—only will linger the salient printed form to convey to the future some idea of the olden dialect.
La Salle Corbell Pickett—“In de Miz Series.”
La Salle Corbell Pickett—“In de Miz Series.”
La Salle Corbell Pickett—“In de Miz Series.”
La Salle Corbell Pickett—“In de Miz Series.”
I know of the intelligence of the negro, for I have heard of his unquestioned loyalty between every war of our land from Bunker Hill to the Argonne.Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
The only flag the negro ever carried was when his spirit was stirred crimson by the sacrificial blood he gave for America. Cite me a negro traitor!Justice Stafford.
In the World War, in France up in the zone where death was spread about I found the black man and the white man fallen side by side.Secretary of War Baker.
The courage that faces death on the battlefield, or calmly awaits it in the hospital, is not the courage of race or color.
Clara Barton.
Clara Barton.
Clara Barton.
Clara Barton.
Two of the bravest men I ever saw lay wounded, almost side by side, one white and the other black.Clara Barton.
The patient suffering of the black soldier is fully equal to that of the Anglo-Saxon.Clara Barton.
At Galveston one day, when Miss Barton was busy dictating letters her companion, Mrs. Fannie B. Ward, came in and told her that there were two negro soldiers of the Civil War waiting to see her. Miss Barton said,“Let them come in.” The two old negroes came in with their hats in their hands and bowing at every step.
One of them asked, “Miss Barton, do you know us?” She replied, “No, I don’t remember you.”
“We knows you, Miss Barton,” was the reply, “We wuz in de battle er Fo’t Wagner an’ got wounded dyar, an’ you foun’ us an’ tied up our wounds an’ tuk cyar er us same ez ef we wuz white folks.”
Proud of their wounds, one of the negroes rolled up his sleeve and showed a great scar on his arm, saying, “I wuz in de cha’ge, Miss Barton, an’ a officer slashed me wid a swo’d.” The other pulled up his trousers and displayed a very deep scar on the calf of his leg and said, “En’ I got wounded in de leg wid a bullet.”
Miss Barton’s smile of appreciation and her cordial handshake sent them away with happy memories.
©Harris & EwingLEONARD WOODThere is a call for women who will carry forward the work begun by Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton.—Leonard Wood, Major-General Spanish-American War; Major-General World War; Governor-General Philippine Islands.General Wood, alert, wise and untiring, with an eye single to the good of all, toiled day and night.Clara Barton.
©Harris & EwingLEONARD WOODThere is a call for women who will carry forward the work begun by Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton.—Leonard Wood, Major-General Spanish-American War; Major-General World War; Governor-General Philippine Islands.General Wood, alert, wise and untiring, with an eye single to the good of all, toiled day and night.Clara Barton.
©Harris & EwingLEONARD WOODThere is a call for women who will carry forward the work begun by Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton.—Leonard Wood, Major-General Spanish-American War; Major-General World War; Governor-General Philippine Islands.General Wood, alert, wise and untiring, with an eye single to the good of all, toiled day and night.Clara Barton.