he Neale Publishing Company has brought out "_The Political History of
Slavery in the United States_" by J. Z. George.

"_Lincoln and Episodes of the Civil War_" by W. E. Doster, appears among the
publications of the Putnams.

"_Black and White in the South_" is the title of a volume from the pen of
M. S. Evans, appearing with the imprint of Longmans, Green and Company.

T. Fisher Unwin has brought out "_The Savage Man in Central Africa"_ by
A. L. Cureau.

"_Reconstruction in Georgia, Social, Political, 1865-1872"_ by C. Mildred
Thompson, appears as a comprehensive volume in the Columbia University
Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law.

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THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY

VOL. I--APRIL, 1916--No. 2

PUBLISHED QUARTERLY

CONTENTS

KELLY MILLER: The Historic Background of the Negro Physician

W. B. HARTGROVE: The Negro Soldier in the American Revolution

C. G. WOODSON: Freedom and Slavery in Appalachian America

A. O. STAFFORD: Antar, the Arabian Negro Warrior, Poet and Hero

DOCUMENTS:
Eighteenth Century Slaves As Advertised By Their Masters:
Learning a Modern Language;
Learning to Read and Write;
Educated Negroes;
Slaves in Good Circumstances;
Negroes Brought from the West Indies;
Various Kinds of Servants;
Negro Privateers and Soldiers Prior to The American Revolution;
Relations Between the Slaves and the British During The Revolutionary
War;
Relations Between the Slaves And the French During The Colonial Wars;
Colored Methodist Preachers Among the Slaves;
Slaves in Other Professions;
Close Relations of the Slaves and Indentured Servants.

REVIEWS OF BOOKS:
DUBOIS'S _The Negro_;
ROMAN'S _The American Civilization and the Negro_;
HENRY'S _The Police Control of the Slave in South Carolina_;
STEWARD AND STEWARD'S _Gouldtown_.

NOTES

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_Various Letters and Reviews_

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