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The Rising Son

by William Wells Brown

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Welcome to “The Rising Son”
  3. 3Memoir of the Author
  4. 4Chapter I — The Ethiopians and Egyptians
  5. 5Chapter II — The Carthaginians
  6. 6Chapter III — Eastern Africa
  7. 7Chapter IV — Causes of Color
  8. 8Chapter V — Causes of the Difference in Features
  9. 9Chapter VI — Civil And Religious Ceremonies
  10. 10Chapter VII — The Abyssinians
  11. 11Chapter VIII — Western and Central Africa
  12. 12Chapter IX — The Slave-Trade
  13. 13Chapter X — The Republic of Liberia
  14. 14Chapter XI — Progress in Civilization
  15. 15Chapter XII — Hayti
  16. 16Chapter XIII — Success of Toussaint
  17. 17Chapter XIV — Capture of Toussaint
  18. 18Chapter XV — Toussaint a Prisoner in France
  19. 19Chapter XVI — Dessalines as Emperor of Hayti
  20. 20Chapter XVII — War Between the Blacks and Mulattoes of Hayti
  21. 21Chapter XVIII — Christophe as King, and Pétion as President of Hayti
  22. 22Chapter XIX — Peace in Hayti, and Death of Pétion
  23. 23Chapter XX — Boyer the Successor of Pétion in Hayti
  24. 24Chapter XXI — Insurrection, and Death of Christophe
  25. 25Chapter XXII — Union of Hayti and Santo Domingo
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — Soulouque as Emperor of Hayti
  27. 27Chapter XXIV — Geffrard as President of Hayti
  28. 28Chapter XXV — Salnave as President of Hayti
  29. 29Chapter XXVI — Jamaica
  30. 30Chapter XXVII — South America
  31. 31Chapter XXVIII — Cuba and Porto Rico
  32. 32Chapter XXIX — Santo Domingo
  33. 33Chapter XXX — Introduction of Blacks Into the American Colonies
  34. 34Chapter XXXI — Slaves in the Northern Colonies
  35. 35Chapter XXXII — Colored Insurrections in the Colonies
  36. 36Chapter XXXIII — Black Men in the Revolutionary War
  37. 37Chapter XXXIV — Blacks in the War of 1812
  38. 38Chapter XXXV — The Curse of Slavery
  39. 39Chapter XXXVI — Discontent and Insurrection
  40. 40Chapter XXXVII — Growing Opposition to Slavery
  41. 41Chapter XXXVIII — Mob Law Triumphant
  42. 42Chapter XXXIX — Heroism at Sea
  43. 43Chapter XL — The Iron Age
  44. 44Chapter XLI — Religious Struggles
  45. 45Chapter XLII — John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
  46. 46Chapter XLIII — Loyalty and Bravery of the Blacks
  47. 47Chapter XLIV — The Capital Free — Proclamation of Freedom
  48. 48Chapter XLV — Blacks Enlisted, and in Battle
  49. 49Chapter XLVI — Negro Hatred at the North
  50. 50Chapter XLVII — Caste and Progress
  51. 51Chapter XLVIII — The Abolitionists
  52. 52Chapter XLIX — The New Era
  53. 53Chapter L — Representative Men and Women

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