The African Abroad Or His Evolution In Western Civilization Tracing His Development Under Caucasian Milieu Volume 2

Author : William Henry Ferris
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330228128
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book The African Abroad, or His Evolution in Western Civilization, Tracing His Development Under Caucasian Milieu written by William Henry Ferris and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The African Abroad, or His Evolution in Western Civilization, Tracing His Development Under Caucasian Milieu, Vol. 1 This book had its origin in the fact that in the fall of 1902 and the following winter I was invited to address the Boston Literary; also the Bethel Literary, the Second Baptist Lyceum, the Shiloh Baptist Lyceum and the American Negro Academy of Washington, D. C.; upon "The Light of Sociology upon Various Phases and Aspects of the Negro Question." In June, 1904, I began to collaborate my material and lecture upon "Beacon Lights of Negro History." In November, I lectured upon the same theme in Charleston, S. C. The News and Courier gave an account of nearly two columns to the lecture and Lawyer A. C. Twine wrote a glowing account of it in the Charleston (S. C.) Messenger. The lecture was favorably received in other sections of the state. On the evening of December 25, 1905, while I was preparing an address to be delivered at the Emancipation Celebration at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Orangeburg, S. C., I decided to put the material, which I had been accumulating for over three years, into the form of a "History of the Evolution of the Colored Race under Caucasian Milieu." In investigating the subject I traveled from Maine to Florida, from Washington, D. C., to Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. The expense of collecting data and preparing manuscript was considerable. Handicapped once by a severe and prolonged illness and by the expense of changing publishers and preparing and sending out a second prospectus, it would have been absolutely impossible for me to have brought to a consummation such a gigantic task, had not a few noble-hearted Anglo-Saxons and four public-spirited colored men rallied to my aid and support. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.