Daniel Embarks On

Daniel Embarks On

A New Career

On the 13 day of March 1871 I entered the school room which was a new field of labor to me. In the course of a month my school numbered about 25 scholars. Whom I taught to the best of my ability.

Experience soon taught me that other duties: independent of book learning ought to be performed. One of which was to teach the children to be polite to old and young, obedient to their parents, who endured so much for them that I believed God would bless them and would make my labors prosperous whereby that downtrodden people might in future come to be intelligent and good citizens of the country.

Friday evenings when school was out I sometimes would occupy fifteen or twenty minutes in Lecturing to the children. In the course of my intreaties to them I earnestly impressed on their minds to be honest, truthful, use their manners and politeness to all, learn their books and love and obey their Parents.

I could not help thanking the Lord for his great and mighty works. A few years ago thought I my race of people in the South were in bondage and in consequence of course grew upin ignorance. Some people thanked and honored man there is one that we should thank in our hearts. The praise and honor all belongs to God it is him that can turn a drouths into a pleasant season.

I felt in my heart that we did not as a whole people thank him enough in our hearts. I felt in my heart it was the Lord who had burst the bonds of slavery and suffered. Ethiopia in America after being in bondage two hundred and forty years to be delivered and enjoy freedom by her own fire side. I knew the day when I would have been forbidden to have made an attempt to educate this people but now by the help of providence who had wroth the wonderful changes in America I was encouraged and advised to march on with God speed. By the very class of people that had once been in opposition to the education to the black man they had now become its warmest advocators.

1 was tirst appointed to take charge of a Primary School at the little Village of S-— where a crazy old house was appropriated for the purpose. Although the building was of very homely appearance I loved it because it was the signal of a mighty change.

I could but realize when I looked back to my boyhood at one time I thought my studies would be unavailant and useless. But the time had now came, and I was convince that the early desire I had to learn and the troubles I went through were for some good purpose.

The trustees often called to see how the children were progressing and of ten expressed their utmost satisfaction in regard to my disciplain and manner of teaching. After teaching at the village of S— about two years and half I was removed to little Washington where I still occupy at the present time.