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Title: History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by A.B. Caldwell
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Caldwell, Arthur Bunyan, 1873- ed
Subjects: Negroes
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga., A. B. Caldwell publishing co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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Gospel of Christ Jesus can and will settle allquestions that need adjustment. The apparent delay is not due to the inadequacy of the Gospel, but rather to the failure of mankind to apply Christian methods to the problems that confront us. Therefore, I believe that the Negros only hope is in the church and the school. He has tried everything else. EDGAR GARFIELD THOMAS REV. EDGAR GARFIELD THOMAS, A. B., B. D., pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, Newnan, is a native of Calhoun county where he was born, Feb. 28, 1880. His parents, Henry and Delilah (Miles) Thomas, were both slaves. His paternal grandparents were Thomas and Martha Stanley. After the war there was great freedom in the choice of names. When the father of our subject went to register, he decided to discard his masters name and take that of his father. Having seen his father but seldom, he could recall only the first name Thomas which he adopted as his surname. Dr. Thomas grand-parents on the maternal side were Simon and Minerva Miles.
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EDGAR GARFIELD THOMAS. GEORGIA EDITION 357. His education was begun in the poor short term school of Randolph county at Mt. Calvary. His teachers were poorly equipped, books were few and school houses were shabby. He had, however an eager, alert mind and quickly learned his alphabet and could spell by sight to baker in Websters famous old Blueback. Tied down to this one book, he soon learned to spell so well by heart that it became unnecessary for him to study the book before reciting. He had passed almost through his book before his teacher discovered that the boy was doing everything by sound and that he had actually forgotten his letters. Then the teacher turned him back a few pages at atime until he reached babe; and when he was unable to spell that by sight from the book, she assigned him that lesson. He went to work and soon mastered the alphabet again and was able to return to his former class. Fortunately about this time he came under the tutorship of a capable instructor, Prof. J. L.Reddi.

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