num_pages: 21
description: Excerpt from The Negro ProblemTo the mass of those born in slavery the change was one of no profit. When the excitement of the change was over they seemed to feel like children lost in a wood needing the old protection of the stronger mastering hand. It was clear to even the best wishers of the newly freed slaves that the generation that first saw the dawn of freedom must pass away before it would be known just how the race would meet the new life.
language: English
title: The Negro Problem
publisher: Forgotten Books