THE JIM CROW CAR; OR, DENOUNCEMENT OF INJUSTICE METED OUT TO THE BLACK RACE. Supreme Court Decision, by His Lordship Bishop H. M. Turner, Largely Quoted and Elucidated—Clippings from Miss Ida B. Wells Barnett’s “The Reason Why”—Grave State of Affairs in the Southern States—Incidents on Railroads—Public Conveyances—Employment, Etc. BY REV. J. C. COLEMAN, Formerly Illustrating Lecturer on the “Progress of the Negro of the South,” “Bishop Taylor’s Mission to South Africa,” “Biblical Characters,” “A Drunkard’s Doom,” Etc. TORONTO, ONT.: HILL PRINTING CO., 48 RICHMOND STREET WEST. 1898. PREFACE. My opposition to injustice, imposition, discrimination and prejudice, which have for many years existed against the colored people of the South, has led to this little book. In many parts of America the press has been furnished with “matter” for defending the colored people, through the medium of “Coleman’s Illustrated Lectures.” By request of my many auditors, some of whom being leading elements of the Northern States and Canada, this volume is published. Many persons interested in the welfare of the negro, have sought a more elaborate book on the Southern horrors. Therefore, the manner in which the colored people are treated, and the laws devised against them from time to time, are the chief subjects. My endeavour to furnish those concerned in human welfare, with Southern railroad affairs, lynchings, etc., so far as the so-called law governing the white and black races is concerned, is evinced in the experience of eight years touring on various lines throughout the South. My statements being authentic and impartial, I have noted some incidents occurring on roads which I have travelled, amid peculiar circumstances, which I hope will prove serviceable to the reader. I have quoted Bishop Turner’s “Supreme Court Decision,” and Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett’s “The Reason Why,” largely because they contain facts _agreeing_ very much with my experience and judgment. Opinions of leading Afro-American journals have been expressed as a unanimous sentiment of the race, regarding their loyalty to the flag under which they live and serve. The main object of this book is to create within the hearts of those who may read it, sympathy for the colored people of the South. So many unreasonable things have been alleged against the negro, that he now demands a reasonable _consideration_.