The American Negro.
«. There are now eight millions of negroes on the American continent instead of four millions freed by President Lincoln. At the present rate of progress, in fifty years there will be 64,000 000 blacks. They do more work no iv than before eman* cipation. Many are coming into ownership ofl and. They hare ao* cumulated property estimated at £50.000,000 sterling. In mechani cat, agricultural, and artistic skill, and in the professions at physic ans, lawyers, and enginpeiv .their progress ia most marked. Th«y also edit and manage a hundred newspapers.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 August 1890, Page 2
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93The American Negro. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 August 1890, Page 2
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