I herewith pledge myself to contribute the sum of six hundred dollars annually, for a period of three years, to the payment of a lecturer on Christian Sociology, whose duty it shall be to deliver a course of not less than four lectures to the students of the Divinity School, either at the school or elsewhere, as may be deemed most advisable, on the application of Christian principles to the Social, Industrial, and Economic problems and needs of the times; the said lecturer to be appointed annually by a committee of five members: the Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania; the Dean of the Divinity School; a member of the Board of Overseers, who shall at the same time be an Alumnus; and two others, one of whom shall be myself and the other chosen by the preceding four members of the committee. Furthermore, if it shall be deemed desirable that the Lectures shall be published, I pledge myself to the additional payment of from one to two hundred dollars for such purpose. To secure a full, frank, and free consideration of the questions involved, it is my desire that the opportunity shall be given from time to time to the representatives of each school of economic thought to express their views in these Lectures. The only restriction I wish placed on the lecturer is that he shall be a believer in the moral teachings and principles of the Christian Religion as the true solvent of our Social, Industrial, and Economic problems. Of course, it is my intention that a new lecturer shall be appointed by the committee each year, who shall deliver the course of Lectures for the ensuing year. WILLIAM LEVI BULL. Contents I. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEGRO RACE IN SLAVERY 7 _By Booker T. Washington_ II. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEGRO RACE SINCE ITS EMANCIPATION 43 _By Booker T. Washington_ III. THE ECONOMIC REVOLUTION IN THE SOUTH 77 _By W.E. Burghardt DuBois_ IV. RELIGION IN THE SOUTH 123 _By W.E. Burghardt DuBois_ NOTES TO CHAPTERS III AND IV 193 * * * * * CHAPTER I THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEGRO RACE IN SLAVERY * * * * * CHAPTER I THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEGRO RACE IN SLAVERY We are now, I think, far enough removed from the period of slavery to be able to study the influence of that institution objectively rather than subjectively. Surely if any Negro who was a part of the institution itself can do so, the remaining portion of the American people ought to be able to do so, whether they live at the North or at the South.