ested in the Negro have so multiplied that any
creditable publication giving important facts about the race now finds
a ready market throughout the United States and even abroad. To supply
this demand these gentlemen have launched the enterprise, THE
ASSOCIATED PUBLISHERS, INCORPORATED.

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_Africa Slave or Free_, by John H. Harris, has been published by E. P.
Dutton and Company, New York City.

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_Unsung Heroes_: by Elizabeth Ross Haynes is being advertised as a
forthcoming publication of DuBois and Dill, Publishers, New York
City. This work consists largely of biographical material for average
readers.

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The following interesting articles have recently appeared: _West
African Religion_, by R. E. Dennett (The Church Quarterly Review,
January, 1921); _Christian Missions and African Labor_, by J. H.
Oldham (International Review of Missions, April, 1921); _Unreached
Fields of Central Africa_, by H. K. W. Kumm (The Missionary Review of
the World, June, 1921); _A Doctor's Experience in West Africa_, by H.
L. Weber (The Missionary Review of the World, June, 1921); _South
Africa and its Native Problem_, by Earl Buxton (Journal of the African
Society, April, 1921); _Semi-Bantu Languages of East Nigeria_, by Sir
Harry H. Johnston (Journal of the African Society, April, 1921); _The
Fulas and their Language_, by Sir Harry H. Johnston (Journal of the
African Society, April, 1921); _Race Legislation in South Carolina
since 1865_, by F. B. Simkins (South Atlantic Quarterly, January,
1921); _Santo Domingo: A Study in Benevolent Imperialism_, by R. G.
Adams (South Atlantic Quarterly, January, 1921).

THE JOURNAL

OF

NEGRO HISTORY

VOL. VI--OCTOBER, 1921--NO. 4

THE NEGRO MIGRATION OF 1916-1918[1]

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

In accordance with its title, this essay is intended to be an
interpretation of the recent Negro migration in the United States. Its
object is to sift out from the mass of writings the most salient
facts pertaining to this movement and to present them in such a manner
as to give a correct impression of it in its entirety. In this regard,
however, it is not a mere narration of events, but, as far as
possible, a sort of scientific analysis of the facts therein
contained. Thus, it aims to treat in a systematic and logical manner
the various aspects of the movement, t