Excerpt from Some Aspects of the Race Problem in the South

Though the present generation is not responsible for the existence of the race problem, it is responsible for its solution. In the providence of God, this great problem has fallen to us as part of our inheritance, and we must settle it according to the eternal principles of truth and righteousness.

The fact that this question has been made a rallying point for sectionalism has been the greatest obstacle in the way of its peaceful solution.

It is high time that the two sections, so long and so un happily divided by strife over the negro's status in this coun try, should join hands as a token of peace and a pledge of mutual helpfulness in all that concerns the solution of this question in its present phases. It should be remembered that while geographically the problem is largely a Southern one, historically both sections are responsible for its existence. And the interests of both are involved in its settlement. It is the purpose of this paper to call attention to some aspects of the race problem, with reference to the past history, the present status, and the future prospects of the negro 111 this country, and the white man's duty to his brother in black.

I. The responsibility for the negro's former status as a slave in this country rests equally on both sections of the Union.

The first cargo of Africans was landed in a half starving condition on the shore of Virginia by a Dutch man-of - war in 1620, and bartered to the colonists for food. The seed of African slavery, introduced into America by accident so far as any previous intention on the part of these colonists was concerned, soon took root, and the institution spread with the growth of the country.

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