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THE BLACK MAN AND HIS ANTECEDENTS.
Americans have manifested more solicitude for the success of the federal arms in the present struggle with rebellion, than the colored people. At the north, they were among the earliest to respond to the president's first proclamation, calling for troops. At the south, they have ever shown a preference for the stars and stripes. In his official despatch to Minister Adams, Mr. Secretary Seward said,—
"Every where the American general receives his most useful and reliable information from the negro, who hails his coming as the harbinger of freedom."
