Shortly After This I Was Made A

We Have Come Over A Way That With Tears Has Been Watered, We Have Come, Treading Our Path Through The Blood Of The Slaughtered.

Labor Is The Fabled Magician's Wand, The Philosophers Stone, And The Cap Of Good Fortune.

The Colored People Of This Country Know And Understand The White People Better Than The White People Know And Understand Them.

My Luck At The Gambling Table Was Varied; Sometimes I Was Fifty To A Hundred Dollars Ahead, And At Other Times I Had To Borrow Money From My Fellow Workmen To Settle My Room Rent And Pay For My Meals.

Shortly After This I Was Made A Member Of The Boys Choir, It Being Found That I Possessed A Clear, Strong Soprano Voice. I Enjoyed The Singing Very Much.