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Title

  • The Negro from Africa to America

Names

  • Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), 1875-1970, author
  • Dillard, J. H. (James Hardy), 1856-1940, writer of introduction
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York : George H. Doran Company, [1924]
  • ©1924

Contents

  • The central issue -- African background of the Negro -- Religious and social life in Africa -- Slavery and the slave trade -- Slavery in the West Indies -- The rise and fall of slavery in America -- Plantation life during the slave régime -- The free Negro -- The economic failure of slavery -- Present economic conditions -- Health and housing of Negroes in relation to the growth of population -- The religious life of the Negro -- The Negro and the law -- The Negro and education -- The Negro and self expression -- Negro leadership and self determination -- Constructive movements.

Headings

  • -  Black race
  • -  Black people--History
  • -  African Americans--History

Notes

  • -  Includes "Review of sources" (pages 456-479) and index.

Medium

  • 487 pages ; 23 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HT1581 .W3
  • HT1581 .W3 Copy 3 Inscription of Julius Rosenwald. Typed, signed letter from the author to Julius Rosenwald, dated August 5, 1924, and typed letter from secretary and acting director of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, dated August 13, 1924, laid in.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 24018554

Online Format

  • online text
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Chicago citation style:

Weatherford, Willis D. , Author, J. H Dillard, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection. The Negro from Africa to America. [New York: George H. Doran Company, ©, 1924] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/24018554/.

APA citation style:

Weatherford, W. D., Dillard, J. H. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection. (1924) The Negro from Africa to America. [New York: George H. Doran Company, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/24018554/.

MLA citation style:

Weatherford, Willis D. , Author, J. H Dillard, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection. The Negro from Africa to America. [New York: George H. Doran Company, ©, 1924] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/24018554/>.