Book/Printed Material The freedmen of South Carolina: an address delivered by J. Miller M'Kim, in Sansom Hall, July 9th, 1862. Together with a letter from the same to Stephen Colwell, esq., chairman of the Port Royal Relief Committee. African American Pamphlet Collection copy
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Image 1 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy THE FREEDMEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY J. MILLER M'KIM, IN SANSOM HALL, JULY 9th, 1862. TOGETHER WITH A LETTER FROM THE SAME TO STEPHEN COLWELL, ESQ., Chairman of the...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 2 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 1 THE FREED MEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDRESS OF J. M. M'KIM, At Sansom Hall, on Wednesday evening, July 9th, to an audience invited by the Port Royal Relief Committee; STEPHEN COLWELL,...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 3 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 2 to accompany them. They left behind them, however, nearly 10,000 of their plantation slaves, a large proportion of whom were aged, –infirm, and children. They left, also, considerable stores of corn,...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 4 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 3 turned to account their industry. Constituted Special Agent of the Treasury Department, with certain powers, one of which was to organize a corps of assistants, and another to draw on a...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 5 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 4 In a short time they raised between five and six thousand dollars in money, and a very considerable quantity of clothes, new and second-hand. With part of the money they purchased...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 6 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 5 some inquiries. James Island, it will be remembered, was the scene of the late disastrous engagement between the rebel troops and our forces under Gen. Benham. While gone, in pursuance of...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 7 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 6 insufficient, both in number and character. There was a lack of hoes, plows, and horses to draw the plows. In addition to this, the people were reluctant to work on cotton....- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 8 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 7 for this, these black people would be what their former owners falsely declared them to be, “the happiest peasantry in the world.” To get a proper idea of these people's present...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 9 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 8 Harvard, the former a Presbyterian, the latter a Unitarian. Near by stood the two ladies who have gone out under the auspices of the Port Royal Relief Committee of Philadelphia, the...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 10 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 9 “Tell 'em, tank 'em; tell 'em, tank 'em, massa. Tell 'em, tank 'em too much. Tell 'em God bless 'em; tell 'em God Almighty bless 'em.” “I will,” said I. “The...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 11 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 10 with him, but the driver was obstinate. At last he said, “If you don't go to work, I will speak to the Provost-Marshal and have you arrested.” The effect was instantaneous....- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 12 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 11 gentlemen, but when they get among those whom they regard as below them, they are sure to betray themselves. “Be pitiful, be courteous;” “condescend to men of low estate,” are maxims...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 13 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 12 and melody. Each stanza contains but a single thought, set in perhaps two or three bars of music; and yet as they sing it in alternate recitative and chorus, with varying...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 14 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 13 I said these songs were all in the minor key. This is not quite the fact. They have one that has a cheerful, and, as it sounded when I first heard...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 15 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 14 one will hear enough of, whether he desires it or not; for these poor things, having now, for the first time in their lives, sympathetic listeners, pour out their hearts in...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 16 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 15 take so much trouble to learn to read?” “Because I want to read de Word of the Lord.” “But can't you know the Word of the Lord without reading it?” “Yes,...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 17 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 16 in marching is more rapid. Their camp is kept neat and tidy, and they compare well in all respects with others of more favored complexion. As for their military capacity, and...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 18 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 17 dollars a month. Teachers are also wanted. These will derive their support from the Relief Committee; their pay will not be such as to make the appointment an object, as twenty-five...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 19 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy THE FREED BLACKS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. LETTER FROM J. M. M'KIM To STEPHEN COLWELL, Esq., Chairman of the Port Royal Relief Committee. Philadelphia, July 24, 1862. Dear Sir: —I comply with your...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 20 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 19 the world. The African naturally prefers the toils of peace; but he has always, when occasion required it, shown himself capable of the arts of war. Up to this time in...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 21 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 20 all take hands, husband and wife, brother and sister, and jump overboard and perish together! Now, I think that, if you will add to the courage evinced in this transaction by...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 22 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 21 them on the beach at Hilton Head, where they come in their canoes to dispose of their commodities. The men of the 100th Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts 1st are quite sharp...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 23 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 22 will be created by an enlarged area of freedom. The average cost of maintaining a slave, independent of his food, has been computed at $13 50 per annum for a field-hand,...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 24 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 23 general subjects of climate and slavery, the fact of this argument is as lame as its logic. Our soldiers on Hilton Head, reputedly one of the least healthful of the islands,...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 25 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 24 may be said on both sides. For, as a set-off against the heat of the sun at Port Royal, it must be remembered there is the refreshing sea breeze; and, as...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 26 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 25 carried out with rigid uniformity and disregard of exceptional cases. The same prescriptions (the expense being equal) for the black man, whose blood is thin from a hominy diet and prostrating...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 27 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 26 informed me that on entering upon his duties he found a large number of the people ill with small-pox and other fevers of a dangerous character; that not one of the...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 28 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 27 homely negro name, instead of a learned technic from the dictionary. It is fair to presume that among the simple remedies of these people are to be found some quite as...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 29 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 28 that they are to profit by their labor. It is to be regretted that so large a portion of their work this year has been upon a common field, where there...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 30 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 29 schools in convenient localities, with competent teachers, to be paid in part at first, and wholly by and by, by a tax on the parents. It would not take a long...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 31 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 30 any people whose physique is neglected. They are naturally a religious class, and that part of their nature needs but little direct stimulation; but they need to be led into correct...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 32 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 31 quarrels among the people, which seemed to require prompt interference; but I always kept cool, and put off adjudication for twenty-four hours. In the mean time they have had time for...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 33 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy 32 they are concerned, so much indebted as to David Hunter, Major-General commanding in the Department of the South. To Com. Dupont is due a similar acknowledgment. While at Beaufort, looking over...- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862
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Image 34 of African American Pamphlet Collection copy- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller)
- Date: 1862