 | A century of Negro migration |  |
PREFACE
IN treating this movement of the Negroes, the
writer does not presume to say the last word
on the subject. The exodus of the Negroes from
the South has just begun. The blacks have recently
realized that they have freedom of body
and they will now proceed to exercise that right.
To presume, therefore, to exhaust the treatment
of this movement in its incipiency is far from
the intention of the writer. The aim here is
rather to direct attention to this new phase of
Negro American life which will doubtless prove
to be the most significant event in our local history
since the Civil War.
Many of the facts herein set forth have seen
light before. The effort here is directed toward
an original treatment of facts, many of which
have already periodically appeared in some
form. As these works, however, are too numerous
to be consulted by the layman, the writer has
endeavored to present in succinct form the leading
facts as to how the Negroes in the United
States have struggled under adverse circumstances
to flee from bondage and oppression in
quest of a land offering asylum to the oppressed
and opportunity to the unfortunate. How they
have often been deceived has been carefully
noted.
With the hope that this volume may interest
another worker to the extent of publishing many
other facts in this field, it is respectfully submitted
to the public.
March 31, 1918.
| A century of Negro migration | |