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Show \VILBER>'ORCE's GnAvE. 71 musket in band and a dejected ccuntenance, which told that l1c had been in the heat of the battle, and shared with the other soldiers the pain in the loss of their commander. llowcvcr, as soon as I saw my sable brother, I felt more at home, and remained longer than I had intended. Ilcrc wns the N cgro, ns black a man ns was ever importocl from the coast of Africa, representee! in his proper place by the side of Lord Nelson, on one of England's proudest moun· mcnts. Ilow rlillcrcnt, thought I, was the position assigned to the cdorcll man on similar monuments in the U nitcd Slates. Some years since, while standing under the shade of the monument erected to the memory of the brave Americans who fell at the storming of Fort Gris1vold, Connecticut, I felt a degree of pride as I beheld the names of two Africans who bad fallen in the fight, yet I waB grieved but not surprised to find their names colonized off, and a line drawn between them and the whites. rrhis was in keeping with American historical injustice to its colorccl heroes. rrhc conspicuous place assigned to this rcprcsen· tativc of an injured race, by the side of one of Eng· land's greatest heroes, brought vividly before my eye '• |