The effort here is directed toward an original treatment of facts, many of which have already periodically appeared in some form.

As these works, however, are too numerous to be consulted by the layman, the writer has endeavored to present in succinct form the leading facts as to how the Negroes in the United States have struggled under adverse circumstances to flee from bondage and oppression in quest of a land offering asylum to the oppressed and opportunity to the unfortunate.

How they have often been deceived has been carefully noted.
With the hope that this volume may interest another worker to the extent of publishing many other facts in this field, it is respectfully submitted to the public.
CARTER G.WOODSON.
Washington, D.C., March 31, 1918.
CONTENTS I .-- Finding a Place of Refuge II .-- A Transplantation to the North III .-- Fighting it out on Free Soil IV .-- Colonization as a Remedy for Migration V .-- The Successful Migrant VI .-- Confusing Movements VII .-- The Exodus to the West VIII .-- The Migration of the Talented Tenth IX .-- The Exodus during the World War BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX MAPS AND DIAGRAMS Map Showing the Per Cent of Negroes in Total Population, by States: 1910 Diagram Showing the Negro Population of Northern and Western Cities in 1900 and 1910 Maps Showing Counties in Southern States in which Negroes Formed 50 Per Cent of the Total Population.