have made themselves more or less eminent, and whose lives and labors afford the best possible illustration of the intellectual and moral capacity of the Negro, and the best possible answer to those who make his alleged inferiority an excuse for his enslavement."
From the New York Herald of Progress.
"Mr. Brown has given us an interesting work. The subjects of the biographies are well chosen to exhibit the versatility and range of the genius of the African race. Science and Philosophy, Literature and the Arts, are shown to be richly indebted to it. Mr. Brown's book is an incontestable argument."
From the Boston Transcript.
"The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements.—This is the title of a new book by Wm. Wells Brown, the well-known lecturer and able advocate of his race. The work comprises fifty-three biographical sketches of persons of pure or mixed African descent who, in modern times, have been representative men and women, besides reference to many illustrious names among the ancients. This is the best account of the ability of the Negro ever put in print. The genius of the race is well brought out."
From Zion's Herald, of Boston.
"This is just the book for the crisis. We would that every pro-slavery man in the country would read it."
From Hon. Gerrit Smith.
"Peterboro', December, 1862.
"Wm. Wells Brown. My dear Sir: I am glad that you have written such a book. It will do great good. Send me five dollars' worth of it. Heaven bless you.
Your friend, Gerritt Smith."
From Lewis Tappan, Esq.
Lewis Tappan, in his Cooper Institute Speech, on the 5th of January, 1863, said: "This is just the book for the hour; it will do more for the colored man's elevation than any work yet published."
