The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe

The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe

On the 20th of August, 1910, I sailed from New York City for Liverpool, England. I had been given a leave of absence of two months from my work at Tuskegee, on condition that I would spend that time in some way that would give me recreation and rest. Now I have found that about the only comfortable and satisfactory way for me to rest is to find some new kind of work or occupation. I determined therefore to carry out a plan I had long had in mind of making myself acquainted with the condition of the poorer and working classes in Europe, particularly in those regions from which an ever-increasing number of immigrants are coming to our country each year. There have been a number of efforts made in recent years to divert a portion of this [Pg 4]immigration to the Southern States, and these efforts have been the source of wide differences of opinion in the South. Some people have contended that in these immigrants the Southern people would eventually find a substitute for the Negro labourer and that in this direction a solution for the race problem would be found. In some parts of the South, in fact, the experiment of using immigrants from Europe to take the place of the Negro on the sugar plantations and in the cotton fields has been tried. Naturally I have been interested in these experiments and as a consequence in the peoples with whom the experiments have been tried. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 61223
Author: Park, Robert Ezra
Release Date: Jan 23, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Contributor (Author): Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915