African Immigrants After Freedom. 85 



The West Indies had a bad past. They had not had time to live 

 it down. 



Much water has flowed under the bridge since then. West Africa 

 has shaken off its tradition of slavery and the slave-trade. The West 

 Indian planter is no longer the wicked ogre who fattens on Negro blood ; 

 the Negro sucks the planter's blood — but does not fatten. 



It will be interesting to note — in the broad daylight of the 20th cen- 

 tury — whether, and how far, our present demands can be met by Africa. 



