Chapter I: Introduction: 1

I.--MATERIALS 7

II.--THE SOUTHLAND 20

III.--THE POOR WHITE 30

IV.--IMMIGRATION 48

V.--SOUTHERN LEADERSHIP 59

VI.--SOUTHERN TEMPERAMENT 66

VII.--ATTITUDE TOWARD HISTORY 80

VIII.--NEGRO CHARACTER 91

IX.--NEGRO LIFE 106

X.--THE NEGRO AT WORK 120

XI.--IS THE NEGRO RISING? 132

XII.--RACE ASSOCIATION 149

XIII.--RACE SEPARATION 166

XIV.--CRIME AND ITS PENALTIES 181

XV.--LYNCHING 205

XVI.--ACTUAL WEALTH 218

XVII.--COMPARATIVE WEALTH 231

XVIII.--MAKING COTTON 250

XIX.--COTTON HANDS 261

XX.--PEONAGE 278

XXI.--WHITE EDUCATION 288

XXII.--NEGRO EDUCATION 308

XXIII.--OBJECTIONS TO EDUCATION 323

XXIV.--POSTULATES OF THE PROBLEM 338

XXV.--THE WRONG WAY OUT 347

XXVI.--MATERIAL AND POLITICAL REMEDIES 367

XXVII.--MORAL REMEDIES 378

MAP AND TABLES 395

INDEX 419

THE SOUTHERN SOUTH