...est years were compelled then, as is now true I fear, in most coal- mining districts, to spend a large part of their lives in these coal-mines, with l... ...y were not as much inclined as the Hampton students to go into the country districts of the South, where there was little of comfort, to take up work ... ...ey knew that at all times they could have the protection of the law in the District of Columbia. The public schools in Washington for coloured people ... ...wer of magic I might remove the great bulk of these people into the county districts and plant them upon the soil, upon the solid and never deceptive ... ...e real, everyday life of the people. 74 UP FROM SLAVERY In the plantation districts I found that, as a rule, the whole family slept in one room, and ... ...more than a small proportion of the other invitations. The Rev. Dr. Brooke Herford and Mrs. Herford, whom I had known in Boston, consulted with the Am... ... published in England and in the American papers at the time. Dr. and Mrs. Herford gave Mrs. Washington and myself a reception, at which we had the pr...