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The Negro Laborer: A Word to Him

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

William H. Councill, former slave and contemporary of Booker T. Washington was founder of Huntsville Normal School, now Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in Normal, Alabama. This short volume consists of short pieces of advice to the Negro workers of his time with some statistical information at the end. Councill reflects many of the attitudes and opinions of his time. (Summary by Larry Wilson) (2 hr 13 min)

Chapters

Preface and The Laborer

4:59

Read by Larry Wilson

What is Labor

1:52

Read by Larry Wilson

The Proportion of the Two Classes

3:10

Read by Geoff Blanchard

The Morals of Labor

3:57

Read by Geoff Blanchard

Labor Capital and Wealth

3:56

Read by Geoff Blanchard

Agrarianism

4:59

Read by mleigh

Strikes

5:17

Read by mleigh

Labor Organizations

9:16

Read by mleigh

The Negro and the Labor Question

5:39

Read by Jim Locke

The Laborer's Education and Home

17:51

Read by Jim Locke

Buy a Home

2:50

Read by Rebecca Eden Walker

The Newspapers and the Negro

4:28

Read by Wayne Cooke

A Plain Question for Southern Consideration

7:17

Read by Jim Locke

Social Equality

5:45

Read by Wayne Cooke

The Employer

3:57

Read by Wayne Cooke

Be a Good Citizen

4:18

Read by Rebecca Eden Walker

Well Done

6:07

Read by Barbara

Conclusion

3:29

Read by Larry Wilson

Negro Vital Statistics

14:12

Read by Steve C

Comment on Negro Vital Statistics

4:55

Read by Steve C

General Vital Statistics

2:47

Read by Steve C

Sanitary and Medical

6:32

Read by Rebecca Eden Walker

Some Noted Colored Women

6:23

Read by mleigh