XXIV. ARE OTHER THAN BAPTIST AND METHODIST CHURCHES ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT NEGRO? 356 XXV. THE NEGRO AS A BUSINESS MAN 370 XXVI. THE NEGRO AS A FARMER 388 XXVII. THE NEGRO AS AN INVENTOR 399 XXVIII. WHAT THE OMEN? 414 XXIX. WHY THE NEGRO RACE SURVIVES 418 XXX. THE SIGNS OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR THE AMERICAN NEGRO 427 XXXI. NEGRO CRIMINALITY 434 XXXII. THE AMERICAN NEGRO'S OPPORTUNITIES IN AFRICA 442 XXXIII. THE NEGRO AND EDUCATION 445 XXXIV. A NEGRO IN IT 447 XXXV. THE NEGRO'S ADVERSITIES HELP HIM 449 XXXVI. THE AMERICAN NEGRO AND HIS POSSIBILITIES 454 XXXVII. IMPORTANT LESSONS FROM THE AWFUL TRAGEDY 464 XXXVIII. HOW TO HELP THE NEGRO TO HELP HIMSELF 468 THE EDITOR'S BIOGRAPHY, BY WALTER I. LEWIS. Daniel Wallace Culp, compiler and editor of this book, was born about forty-seven years ago, of slave parents, four miles from Union Court House in South Carolina. His mother, Marilla by name, was an excellent type of the devout Christian woman of her day; she believed firmly in that God, whose inscrutable wisdom directed the ways of her race through paths that were truly hard. She hesitated not to teach her son Daniel to love, fear and obey the God in whom she trusted, using whatever light she had. Christopher Brandon, to whom Daniel and his mother belonged, was one of those slave-holders in South Carolina who did not believe in the institution of slavery, but being uncertain as to whether his slaves would be better off if he freed them, he held them, establishing a sort of patrimony in which his slaves were allowed such superior opportunities and advantages that the less favored neighbors styled them "Brandon's free Negroes." This distinction carried with it its disadvantages as well, for on account of the ease and comfort allowed them, they were despised alike by the hard-hearted slave-owners and the less fortunate slaves. Brandon was kind to his slaves, who were made to work enough to keep a plenty at home to live upon. He also protected them against whatever ill treatment begrudging neighbors might be prompted to offer. Brandon was a bachelor. He made a favorite and close companion of Daniel to the extent of having him occupy the same bed with him. This affection of the bachelor master lasted until his death, which occurred several years after the emancipation.