Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS – VOLUME I vii
4. PART I: THE NEGRO IN AFRICA
5. Chapter I. First Notions of Africa 3
6. Chapter II. The American Negro and the Native African 18
7. Chapter III. The African at Home 36
8. Chapter IV. The West Coast Background of the American Negro 57
9. PART II: THE NEGRO AS A SLAVE
10. Chapter V. The First and Last Slave Ship 85
11. Chapter VI. The First Slaves 107
12. Chapter VII. The Indian and the Negro 125
13. Chapter VIII. The Negro's Life in Slavery 144
14. Chapter IX. Slave Insurrections and the Negro “Peril” 171
15. Chapter X. The Free Negro in Slavery Days 192
16. Chapter XI. Fugitive Slaves 215
17. Chapter XII. Negro Settlements in Ohio and the Northwest Territory 233
18. Chapter XIII. The Negro Preacher and the Negro Church 251
19. Chapter XIV. The Negro Abolitionists 279
20. Chapter XV. The Negro Soldier's Fight for Freedom 310
21. PART III: THE NEGRO AS A FREEMAN
22. Chapter I. The Early Days of Freedom 3
23. Chapter II. The Rise of the Negro Land-owner 30
24. Chapter III. The Negro Labourer and the Mechanic in Slavery and Freedom 57
25. Chapter IV. Negro Crime and Racial Self-help 85
26. Chapter V. The Negro Teacher and the Negro School 114
27. Chapter VI. The Negro Secret Societies 148
28. Chapter VII. The Negro Doctor and the Negro Professional Man 171
29. Chapter VIII. The Negro Disfranchisement and the Negro in Business 190
30. Chapter IX. The Negro Bank and the Moral Uplift 211
31. Chapter X. Negro Communities and Negro Homes 234
32. Chapter XI. Negro Poetry, Music and Art 259
33. Chapter XII. Negro Women and Their Work 297
34. Chapter XIII. The Social and Mission Work of the Negro Church 332
35. Chapter XIV. Law and Order and the Negro 356
36. Chapter XV. The Negro's Place in American Life 383
37. Index 403