1. He is striving nobly to make Negro artisans business men and

1. Chapter 1 2. 1874. In both of these trials the Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau 3. 2. The legal creation of a distinct status of civil inferiority for the 4. 3. The steady withdrawal of aid from institutions for the higher 5. 1. He is striving nobly to make Negro artisans business men and 6. 2. He insists on thrift and self-respect, but at the same time counsels 7. 3. He advocates common-school and industrial training, and depreciates 8. 3. The education of youth according to ability. They acknowledge Mr.