Chapter I: Front Matter

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Samantha Among the Colored Folks

“MY IDEAS ON THE RACE PROBLEM”

By

JOSIAH ALLEN’S WIFE

(MARIETTA HOLLEY)

Illustrated by E. W. KEMBLE

New York

Dodd, Mead and Company

1898

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COPYRIGHT, 1892, 1894,

BY

DODD, MEAD & COMPANY.

_All rights reserved._

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_To all who work for the
advancement of true liberty,
irrespective of color or sex,
this book is inscribed._

_MARIETTA HOLLEY_

_Bonnie View May, 1894_

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PUBLISHER’S NOTE.

SAMANTHA ON THE RACE PROBLEM was the title adopted for the editions of this book that were issued exclusively for the subscription market.

In preparing the new edition for popular sale it has been deemed advisable to change its title to SAMANTHA AMONG THE COLORED FOLKS as one more in keeping with its character. Otherwise its contents remain the same.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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“THEY WUZ TRACTS AND BIBLES” 7

UNCLE NATE GOWDEY 12

“THE DUMB FOOLS!” 18

A BLACK 21

“THE OLD AND FEEBLE ONES” 30

“I SOT DEMUTE” 34

“THE DARK FACES OF THESE APOSTLES” 40

“WITH PHILURY’S HELP” 46

CHARACTER SKETCH 51

“WHEN URY HAD THAT FIGHT WITH SAM” 56

MELINDA 61

MELINDA HAS A FIT 63

“IT WUZ ‘HOLD THE FORT’ HE BELCHED OUT 69
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“I KETCHED HER BY HER LIMB” 73

PETER AND MELINDA ANN 77

DEACON HENZY 83

“JOSIAH’S BALD HEAD AND MINE” 86

THE COLORED CHILDREN 93

OLD DR. CORK 99

THE SLAVE WOMAN WHO POISONED THE CHILD 104

MADELINE 110

COLONEL SEYBERT 122

“LOW, BRUTAL, ENVIOUS MIND” 128

DEFENDING HIS HOME 133

THE LEADER 138

FELIX AND THE TEACHER 143

“THE OLD, THE FEEBLE” 149

“HIS OVERSEER” 153

“A LITTLE TUMBLE-DOWN COTTAGE” 155

CLEOPATRA 156

ROSY 161

“HE WUZ GLAD TO SET DOWN” 167

THE OLD NEGRO 172

“GAWGE PERKINS AM DAID” 176

ONE OF THE MOURNERS 179

“YOU CAN REPAIR YOUR DWELLIN’ HOUSE 185

“AND I HAVE GOT THE PANS” 189

“I AM NEEDED THERE” 192

“THE BUTTER-MAKER UP IN ZOAR” 194

“JOSIAH GIVE UP” 196

DEACON HUFFER 208

“UNDER THE WHITE CROSS” 211

THE JONESVILLIANS 215

“BOY LAUGHED” 220

RAYMOND FAIRFAX COLEMAN 223

“WITH A JUMPIN’ TOOTHACHE” 225

“THE RELATION ON MAGGIE’S SIDE” 230

BABE 237

“MY TONE RIZ UP” 239

“I HAD BEEN OUT A WALKIN’” 242

A POOR WHITE 244

ROSY’S BABY 254

URY 256

SOME NEIGHBORS 258

AUNT MELA 264

“DESPATCHED TO GET BUTTERMILK” 271

“THE BIG PIAZZA” 277

“A PERFECT DAGON” 279

A KU-KLUXER 291

“PILOT A HELPLESS UNIONIST” 296

“SET DOWN IN OUR SWAMP” 301

“HE HASTENED OFF” 305

“TO KISS SNOW AND BOY GOOD-NIGHT” 308

“AND KILLED HER HENS” 312

“ONEXPECTED COMPANY” 316

“MISERY” 320

“WHEREFOAH, BREDREN, LET US PRAY” 322

ABE 326

“HE WUZ A WALKIN’ UP AND DOWN” 331

“THIS DARK EARTH VALLEY” 334

HIRAM WIGGINS’S TWO DAUGHTERS 338

“A CLEAR RIVER RUNNING THROUGH” 343

“EVERYTHING WUZ READY” 347

“IN THE CHAIR OF THE RULER” 353

“FACED THE GANG OF MASKED MEN” 360

“WHEN THE MOON HAD RISEN” 363

“EXILED BIRDS” 369

VICTOR 373

“MAKIN’ SPEECHES” 375

FATHER GASPERIN 378

“FELIX, HIS WIFE AND LITTLE NED” 380

“I SOT OUT ON THE STOOP” 384

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