tailieunhanh - A Century of Negro Migration

The migration of the blacks from the Southern States to those offering them better opportunities is nothing new. The objective here, therefore, will be not merely to present the causes and results of the recent movement of the Negroes to the North but to connect this event with the periodical movements of the blacks to that section, from about the year 1815 to the present day. That this movement should date from that period indicates that the policy of the commonwealths towards the Negro must have then begun decidedly to differ so as to make one section of the country more congenial to the despised. | A Century of Negro Migration 1 A Century of Negro Migration Project Gutenberg s A Century of Negro Migration by Carter G. Woodson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title A Century of Negro Migration Author Carter G. Woodson Release Date February 6 2004 EBook 10968 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A CENTURY OF NEGRO MIGRATION Produced by Suzanne Shell Andy Schmitt and PG Distributed Proofreaders Transcriber s note The spelling inconsistencies of the original are preserved in this etext. A CENTURY OF NEGRO MIGRATION Carter G. Woodson TO MY FATHER JAMES WOODSON WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO ENTER THE LITERARY WORLD 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