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.
CARTER G. WOODSON.
Washington, D.C., March 31, 1918.
CONTENTS
I.—Finding a Place of Refuge
II.—A Transplantation to the North
III.—Fighting it out on Free Soil
IV.—Colonization as a Remedy for Migration
V.—The Successful Migrant