He received instruction in the arts of civilization, a knowledge of the English language, and a conception of the one true God and his Christ.
"While all of the other races of men were behind the ball of progress rolling it up the steep hill of time, the negro was asleep in the jungles of Africa.

Newton dug for the law of gravitation; Herschel swept the starry sky in search of other worlds; Columbus stood upon the prow of the ship and braved the waves of the ocean and the fiercer ridicule of men; Martin Luther, single handed and alone, fought the Pope, the religious guide of the world; and all of this was done while the negro slept.

After others had toiled so hard to give the bright light of civilization to the world, it was hardly to be expected that a race that slept while others worked could step up and at once enjoy all the fruits of others' toil.
"Allow me to note this great fact; that by enslavement in America the negro has come into possession of the great English language.

He is thus made heir to all the richest thoughts of earth.

Had he retained his mother tongue, it would perhaps have been centuries untold before the masterpieces of earth were given him.