Excerpt from The Negro Trail Blazers of California: A Compilation of Records From the California Archives in Bancroft Library at the University of California, in Berkeley; And From the Diaries, Old Papers and Conversations of Old Pioneers in the State of California; It Is a True Record of Facts, as They Pe After securing sufficient data, the author by chance read to Father David R. Wallace, of Oakland, a short description of My City of Inspiration - San Francisco. It was the original intention of the author to write a series of lectures, and not a history. Father Wallace immediately suggested that she include the Pioneer Negro, and gave her a letter of introduction to a pioneer lady by the name of Mrs. Annie Peters in Oakland. After spending a day in talking over the pioneer history of the State with Mrs. Peters, the author decided to write a history, and has spent five additional years in producing this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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