[I
AFRICA]
[II
THE COMING OF BLACK MEN]
[III
ETHIOPIA AND EGYPT]
[IV
THE NIGER AND ISLAM]
[V
GUINEA AND CONGO]
[VI
THE GREAT LAKES AND ZYMBABWE]
[VII
THE WAR OF RACES AT LAND'S END]
[VIII
AFRICAN CULTURE]
[IX
THE TRADE IN MEN]
[X
THE WEST INDIES AND LATIN AMERICA]
[XI
THE NEGRO IN THE UNITED STATES]
[XII
THE NEGRO PROBLEMS]
[SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING]
MAPS
[The Physical Geography of Africa]
[Ancient Kingdoms of Africa]
[Races in Africa]
[Distribution of Negro Blood, Ancient and Modern]
THE NEGRO
TO A FAITHFUL HELPER M.G.A.
PREFACE
The time has not yet come for a complete history of the Negro peoples. Archæological research in Africa has just begun, and many sources of information in Arabian, Portuguese, and other tongues are not fully at our command; and, too, it must frankly be confessed, racial prejudice against darker peoples is still too strong in so-called civilized centers for judicial appraisement of the peoples of Africa. Much intensive monographic work in history and science is needed to clear mooted points and quiet the controversialist who mistakes present personal desire for scientific proof.
Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main known facts and their fair interpretation as shall enable the general reader to know as men a sixth or more of the human race. Manifestly so short a story must be mainly conclusions and generalizations with but meager indication of authorities and underlying arguments. Possibly, if the Public will, a later and larger book may be more satisfactory on these points.