The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-05
PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO
SHOWN in Exhibits at the Par1. !!


shown in Exhibits at the Pari, Ex-
position. -.
frof. W. e. B. Dubois has inst sent
tie second negro exhibit for the Paris
eAposlt1on from Atlanta university. This
40 Oil exhaustive study of the Georgis
1Aes ro-Georgla, as having the largest ne
gro Populatlon of any state, being taker
as d Ialr representative for the negro-
"i'o IL IS Illustrated by MAPS co]oreC
CHARTS ana other Devices The facts
SHOWN are on the whole decidedly on
oot1i aslhs' not only in regard to the ma.
letlal progress of the negro but his in,
teliectual progress as we'll The inc~ease
III NUMBERS mas been steady from l7M
~ the present time, while the proportion
; Ill relatlon to the whites has also grown
from 81 per cent in 1900 to 46 per cent in
lo9o' there being in 1890 over $50 O,C
! negroes resident in Georgia. The freed
! men OF Georgia and their sons own al
present 1,O62,225 acres Of land, an in
crease OF over 100000 acres since 1874:
and their taxable property is assessed
at ABOUT Sl.,5N.O 900, having increased in
value nearly 100000 since 1915. Ir
~tne various occupations the AGRICULTURAL
laoorers are still in the great majority,
athough there is practically no occupa.
ton Or profession that is not represented
by few at least
1lhteracy. has decreased from 30. ner
cent In 1860 to so per cent in 1900. and
the number of children in public schools
mas increased In the same period from, I
TO nearly 100000. There are $500 Negro
public schools, with property valued at
S196,OOO and about $500 negro public
school teachers. The numbers Of negro
students in different courses-business
classical, professional, scientific, normal
and industrial-vary from - in business
ITO 1882 in industrial courses
Inere are many .Other facts shown For
instance. the migration of negroes is H.
Illustrated by the Georgia negro. Negroes
porn IN Georgia are shown to be in every
state and territory but one, while negroes
from over half of the states and terrific
r1es are now living in Georgia. Other
points brought out are the conjugal con.
d1tlons the numbers living in cities,
towns and rural districts, and the race
amalgamation. Under this it is shown
that only A per cent Of the race are
pure Africans, and Is per cent are more
white than colored. Their are maps Of
the principal Georgia cities, ILLUSTRATING
graphically the relative numbers of the
poor and well-to-do. and the living condi.
lions of all, and there are large volumes
containing much that is interesting il
the way Of. negro legislation--the !'blaclz
laws of Georgia from the earliest times
The work on the exhibit was done en-
tlrely bN ieSiu e.--4Jr. Dubois and his as
slstants, most OF whom are Atlanta, uni
Verslty graduates. One of the most re-
markable bits of work there is a carved
wooden frame Tor one of the wooden
charts made entirely by an unskilled,
dlliterate old freedman, living in Atlanta
The exhibit is thus in itself as an artistic
and scientific piece Of work an object
lesson on what certain members of this
race can do, as well as being in content
an accurate account Of what the negro
people have accomplished and what they
have had to contend with in this repre-.
sentative state. .t"