i'd say mariah stewart, i can imagine mariah stewart reading the newspaper to sojourner truth. the "national republican" when on the evening of april 3rd, 1865, it read "extra, glorious fall of richmond, captured by the black troops." i can just imagine how good they felt. the forecast that this civil war would come and they would be livid and they would let -- that freedom would be achieved in league with the constitution. mariah stewart must have felt pretty good, because the women were preparing this generation for striking this blow for freedom, for becoming the moses of freedom. they had trained them well. but the goal was not only to end the tyranny of slavery, but to gain their rights as citizens. and francis ellen harper would write after the 15th amendment was passed -- now, francis ellen harper had problem with their women, like susan b. anthony and the suffrage movement because she supported the 14th and 15th amendment arguing that we need to move forward with a voice from our community. african descent folk need a voice and we can't stand by and wait for women to ge

her name is mariah stewart. born in connecticut in 1803 mariah stewart would move to boston and become a school teacher. maria stewart, speaking to a group of men in the early 1830s, would say -- but where is the man that has distinguished himself in the modern days of acting holy in the defense of african rights and liberty? there was one although he sleeps. his memory lives. she is referring to david walker, in fact, stewart is a protege of david walker. she would repeat david walker in her own eloquent way. david walker would publish an appeal to colored citizens of the world, especially to those in the united states in 1829, that would be something that shook up the south. he writes his apell to colored citizens of the world i want to point out after he escorted the prince, colonel abraham, prince abraham, emancipated, pardoned for his liberty by president john quincy adams in 1828. he made a northern speaking tour. his escort was david walker. after walker escorts the prince, he writes his appeal to colored

mariah stewart must have felt pretty good, because the women were preparing this generation for striking this blow for freedom, for becoming the moses of freedom. they had trained them well. but the goal was not only to end the tyranny of slavery, but to gain their rights as citizens. and francis ellen harper would write after the 15th amendment was passed, now, francis ellen harper had problem with their women, like susan b. anthony because she supported the 14th and 15th amendment arguing we need to move forward with a voice from our community. african descent need a voice. we can't stand by for the women to get a voice, so our men, if it means they have to hit the first voice, we'll fight to get the first voice. and after the 15th amendment was signed, she was -- was ratified or passed actually, francis ellen harper would write, oh, ransom race, give god the praise who led me through the crimson sea. the forecast was at the great house, pharaoh would bring sword against sword. and there would be a parting of a red sea of blood, the crimson sea thousand which the captors would pass to

mariah stewart would say the cries are being heard by god. and that god was going to answer. there is a tremendous day in the future. but if we want to appreciate just how, how clearly the african-american community knew the civil war was coming. the clearest forecast is in an 1858 speech in boston delivered by dr. john s rock. graduate of the american medical college in philadelphia, a physician, dentist, school teacher and first african-american lawyer admitted to the bar of the u.s. supreme court. he gave a speech in boston three years one month and eight days before open hostilities in the civil war begins. he says, i quote, sooner or later the clashing of arms will be heard and the black man's services will me needed. 150,000 free men capable of bearing arms and not all cowards and fools. and three quarter a million of slaves with enthusiasm caused by the dawn of glorious opportunity to being able to strike a genuine blow for freedom will be a power that they will respect. will the blacks fight? of course they will. close quote. three years before the civil war. the afri