erica with less opportunities possessed of more enterprise and
ambition than the colored people of America.

It is a lamentable fact that the principal attraction of those
who should be our strong men and leaders in enterprise those of
high school and college training consists of Uncle Sam's bounty
and in the absence of this to cling to some white man in private
life.

I have for many years been an ardent advocate of business amongst
our people and to this end I have written contributions to the
_Commonwealth_ of Baltimore a paper once edited by John E. Bruce
(Bruce Grit) the Colored American of Washington, and to other
papers edited by our race.

My attitude towards other enterprises is that we are sufficiently
and disproportionately represented in other branches, especially
teaching preaching politics governmental patronage &c which
require no financial responsibility; consequently the results
place us in the attitude of a Castillian gentleman who is
facetiously described thus--_Caballero sin caballo, Mucho piojo,
poco dinero_, that is, a knight without a horse, Plenty of lice,
little money.

As a race we are the poorest numerically of any race in America.
We have so little ambition and so envious and void of race pride.
We don't mind a white man climbing over our heads but a colored
man never and if you doubt me keep a store.

I have grown weary of the struggle and am leaving the fight to
the younger men who I hope may prove vigorous champions.

I have done my part, I am

Yours very truly
(Signed) STANSBURY BOYCE.

LONDON, ONT. October 25/1918

DR. CARTER G. WOODSON,
_Journal of Negro History_,
Washington, D. C.

_Dear Dr. Woodson_,

I have been reading your "Century of Negro Migration" with
interest. On page 36 you speak of a change of attitude on the
part of Canadians towards the refugees. I do not know to what
this refers. The attitude of the Canadian government never
changed--it granted asylum and protection right up to the Civil
War and afterwards. From the very earliest days there was an
occasional show of prejudice but I doubt if this was greater in
1855 than in 1845 or 1835. The la