Mary White Ovington

FOREWORD

CONTENTS

HALF A MAN

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I " Up from Slavery "

CHAPTER II Where the Negro Lives

CHAPTER III The Child of the Tenement

CHAPTER IV Earning a Living Manual Labor and the Trades

CHAPTER V Earning a Living Business and the Professions

CHAPTER VI The Colored Woman as a Bread Winner

CHAPTER VII Rich and Poor

CHAPTER VIII The Negro and the Municipality

CHAPTER IX Conclusion

APPENDIX

INDEX

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HALF A MAN

THE STATUS OF THE NEGRO
IN NEW YORK

HALF A MAN

THE STATUS OF THE NEGRO
IN NEW YORK

BY
MARY WHITE OVINGTON

WITH A FOREWORD BY DR. FRANZ BOAS
OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEW YORK
LONDON, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
1911

Copyright, 1911, by
Longmans, Green, and Co.

THE · PLIMPTON · PRESS
[W · D · O]
NORWOOD · MASS · U · S · A

TO
THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER
THEODORE TWEEDY
OVINGTON