By Carter G. Woodson
In treating this movement of the Negroes,
the writer does not presume to say the last
word on the subject. The exodus of the
Negroes from the South has just begun. The
blacks have recently realized that they have
freedom of body and they will now proceed to
exercise that right. To presume, therefore,
to exhaust the treatment of this movement in
its incipiency is far from the intention of
the writer. The aim here is rather to direct
attention to this new phase of Negro
American life which will doubtless prove to
be the most significant event in our local
history since the Civil War.
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Footnotes
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.
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A Century of Negro Migration, March 31, 1918