They looked with opened eyes at the Negroes.

A new day then dawned for the dark-skinned race.

Men like Patrick Henry and James Otis, who demanded liberty for themselves, could not but concede that slaves were entitled at least to freedom of body.

The frequent acts of manumission and emancipation which followed upon this change in attitude toward persons of color, turned loose upon society a large number of men whose chief needs were education and training in the duties of citizenship.

To enlighten these freedmen schools, missions, and churches were established by benevolent and religious workers.