THE NEGRO FARMER
By CARL KELSEY
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE DEGREE OF Ph. D.
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1903
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | Introduction | 5 |
| II. | Geographic Location | 9 |
| III. | Economic Heritage | 22 |
| IV. | Present Situation | 29 |
| Virginia | 32 | |
| Sea Coast | 38 | |
| Central District | 43 | |
| Alluvial Region | 52 | |
| V. | Social Environment | 61 |
| VI. | The Outlook | 67 |
| VII. | Agricultural Training | 71 |
| Population Maps | 80 |
Chapter I. INTRODUCTION.
In the last three hundred years there have been many questions ofgeneral interest before the American people. It is doubtful, however, ifthere is another problem, which is as warmly debated to-day as ever andwhose solution is yet so uncertain, as that of the Negro. In the seconddecade of the seventeenth century protests were being filed againstblack slavery, but the system was continued for nearly 250 years. Thediscussion grew more and more bitter, and to participation in itignorance, then as now, was no bar. The North had less and less directcontact with the Negro. The religious hostility to human bondage wasstrengthened by the steadily increasing