CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 13 



PART I. THE NEW RURAL ORGANIZATION 



Chapter I. Agriculture and Prejudice 22 



Importance of Agriculture to the Negro 22 



The Extent of Prejudice 26 



Chapter II. The Ruin of the Old Regime 29 



Causes of the Breakdown 29 



Rapidity of the Breakdown 42 



Chaptfr III. The Negro's Agricultural Opportunity 52 



The White Man's Aid and Competition 52 



Growth of Landownership 57 



Growth of Tenancy 63 



Chapter IV. . . The Life of the Tenant Classes 69 



Income 73 



Efficiency in Production — Yields per Acre, Size of 

 Farm, Value of Land, Implements and Machinery, 



Work Animals, Depreciation and Waste, Summary. 76 



Abuses 85 



Standard of Living — Family Life, Food, Clothing, 



Housing 86 



Social Differences 88 



PART II. THE POPULATION MOVEMENTS 



Chapter I. The Diversity of Migrations 92 



Country and City 93 



Rural Districts 95 



Direction of Rural Migration 98 



Chapter II. The Movements of Countrymen 105 



Movement Before 1910 106 



Movement Since 1910 117 



