CHAPTER XI.. The Northern Negroes.

THE NORTHERN NEGROES.

Nominal Rights of Free Negroes in the Slave States.--Fugitive Slaves seek Refuge in Canada.--Negroes petition against Taxation without Representation.--A Law preventing Negroes from other States from settling in Massachusetts.--Notice to Blacks, Indians, and Mulattoes, warning them to leave the Commonwealth.--The Rights and Privileges of the Negro restricted.--Colored Men turn their Attention to the Education of their own Race.--John V. De Grasse, the first Colored Man admitted to the Massachusetts Medical Society.--Prominent Colored Men of New York and Philadelphia.--The Organization of the African Methodist Episcopal and Colored Baptist Churches.--Colored Men distinguish themselves in the Pulpit.--Report to the Ohio Anti-slavery Society of Colored People in Cincinnati in 1835.--Many purchase their Freedom.--Henry Boyd, the Mechanic and Builder.--He becomes a Successful Manufacturer in Cincinnati.--Samuel T. Wilcox, the Grocer.--His Success in Business in Cincinnati.--Ball & Thomas, the Photographers.--Colored People of Cincinnati evince a Desire to take Care of themselves.--Lydia P. Mott establishes a Home for Colored Orphans.--The Organization effected in 1844.--Its Success.--Formation of a Colored Military Company called "The Attucks Guards."--Emigration of Negroes to Liberia.--The Colored People live down much Prejudice 125