Transcriber's Notes:

Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other inconsistencies. The transcriber made the following changes to the text to correct obvious errors:

 1. p.  vi, colonizeon -> colonize on
 2. p.  11, juisdictional --> jurisdictional
 3. p.  21, enitled --> entitled
 4. p.  39, Genuis --> Genius
 5. p.  42, spoilations --> spoliations
 6. p.  59, Autobiograph of a Fugitive Negro" -->
            "Autobiograph of a Fugitive Negro" (Add leading ")
 7. p.  60, wierd --> weird
 8. p.  75, docrines --> doctrines
 9. p.  78, elightened --> enlightened
10. p. 113, warrrant --> warrant
11. p. 131, persecucution --> persecution
12. p. 149, acount --> account
13. p. 170, mangement --> management
14. p. 177, Pennyslvania --> Pennsylvania
15. p. 221, litttle --> little
16. p. 235, equlity --> equality
17. p. 269, Diving --> Divine
18. p. 314, sugggstion --> suggestion
19. p. 344, surpressing --> suppressing
20. p. 347, imperrilled --> imperilled
21. p. 356, Register" --> "Register" (Add leading ")
22. p. 358, 'Mercury --> 'Mercury' (Add ending ')
23. p. 412, Commisioners --> commissioners
24. p. 417, contary --> contrary
25. p. 420, withold --> withhold
26. p. 581, posession --> possession
27. p. 593, petititions --> petitions
28. p. 597, auxliary --> auxiliary
29. p. 601, Port Pillow --> Fort Pillow

Also, several occurrences of mismatched single and double quotes remain as published.