New York City, July 20, 1884.




CONTENTS

I--Black 1
II--White 6
III--The Negro and the Nation 13
IV--The Triumph of the Vanquished 19
V--Illiteracy--Its Causes 28
VI--Education--Professional or Industrial 38
VII---How Not to Do It 55
VIII--The Nation Surrenders 62
IX--Political Independence of the Negro 67
X--Solution of the Political Problem 79
XI--Land and Labor 89
XII--Civilization Degrades the Masses 96
XIII--Conditions of Labor in the South 107
XIV--Classes in the South 120
XV--The Land Problem 133
XVI--Conclusion 145
Appendix 151


On a summer day, when the great heat induced a general thirst, a Lion
and a Boar came at the same moment to a small well to drink. They
fiercely disputed which of them should drink first, and were soon
engaged in the agonies of a mortal combat. On their suddenly stopping