The Story of the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery Book

Introduction to the Modern Edition 7 Preface 11 Part I The Negro in Africa I First Notions of Africa 15 II The American Negro and the Native African 23 III The African at Home 33 IV The West Coast Background of the American Negro 45 Part II The Negro as a Slave V The First and Last Slave Ship 63 VI The First Slaves 75 VII The Indian and the Negro 85 VIII The Negro's Life in Slavery 96 IX Slave Insurrections and the Negro 'Peril' 112 X The Free Negro in Slavery Days 123 XI Fugitive Slaves 135 XII Negro Settlements in Ohio and the Northwest Territory 145 XIII The Negro Preacher and the Negro Church 154 XIV The Negro Abolitionists 170 XV The Negro Soldier's Fight for Freedom 187 Part III The Negro as a Freeman XVI The Early Days of Freedom 201 XVII The Rise of the Negro Land-owner 216 XVIII The Negro Labourer and the Mechanic in Slavery and Freedom 230 XIX Negro Crime and Racial Self-help 245 XX The Negro Teacher and the Negro School 261 XXI The Negro Secret Societies 279 XXII The Negro Doctor and the Negro Professional Man 291 XXIII The Negro Disfranchisement and the Negro in Business 301 XXIV The Negro Bank and the Moral Uplift 312 XXV Negro Communities and Negro Homes 324 XXVI Negro Poetry, Music and Art 337 XXVII Negro Women and their Work 358 XXVIII The Social and Mission Work of the Negro Church 378 XXIX Law and Order and the Negro 390 XXX The Negro's Place in American Life 404