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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1915. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX. Afr1ca, deportation of Negroes to, as a solution of the American race pro- blem, 265, 266. African Methodist Episcopal Church, 117. Agricultural labourer, 225-6; oppor- tunities on the land for, 250-1; in Britain, condition of, compared with Negro, 263. -- machinery, backwardness of the South in, 257. -- pursuits: number of Negroes en- gaged in, ro1. -- training in Virginia, 128, 129; im- proved results in crops due to, 129. Agriculture in the Southern States, 99- 100, 109, no, 249; Negro progress in, 107, Alabama, relations of the black and coloured people in, 93; Census re- turns as to progress in agriculture in, 99; rainfall in, 41. -- State debt, increase of, during the Reconstruction period, 52. Alien immigration: into the United States; views of the Southern Whites as to, 55; character of the immigrants, 56; indisposition of immigrants to go South, 56-7; social reason for avoidance of the Southern States, 57, 59; reason for comparative fewness of immi- grants into the South African Union, 58-9. American Civil War: Reconstruction period in the Southern States after the. 49. Si. 7 . 73. '47. i49; faithfulness of the Negro during, 87. -- Economic Association, 178. -- Negro business league, 106. Amusement, places of, separation cus- tomary in, 145, 155. Archer, William, "In Afro-America," 22, 266, 287; cited and quoted, 22, 66, 186, 206. Armstrong, General Samuel Chapman, founder of Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute, 128,131. Artisan (Negro), 65, 101, 241. Assaults on women, see Criminal as- sault. "Atlanta Constitution," quoted, 181. Atlanta, Ga., Negro Customs officer at, 165; juvenile criminality in, 219. -- race riots, 69, 166. -- University publications, 287. Author's journey, vi; direction of, 35. Baker, R. S., " Following the Colour L...
