Black Jacob, a Monument of Grace: The Life of Jacob Hodges, an African Negro, Who Died in Canandaigua, N. February 1842 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Black Jacob, a Monument of Grace: The Life of Jacob Hodges, an African Negro, Who Died in Canandaigua, N. February 1842

A'r an early period in the settlement of this country, while the slave~trade was vigorously pursued, many of the natives of Africa were brought to America and sold into perpetual servitude. While this class of people has long excited the interest and sympathy of the benevolent, but little hm in essentially. Their relative position in society.

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