EVIDENCES OF PROGRESS AMONG COLORED PEOPLE. AMONG COLORED PEOPLE. BY G. F. RICHINGS, Originator of Illustrated Lectures on Race Progress. EIGHTH EDITION. PHILADELPHIA: GEO. S. FERGUSON CO., GEO. S. FERGUSON CO., 1902. [Pg iii] [Pg iii] Copyrighted, 1902, by G. F. Richings. G. F. Richings INTRODUCTION. It is a pleasant thing to introduce an individual or a friend to another individual or a friend; but to introduce a book is more important than an individual introduction. Books are good and they are bad, just in proportion as their contents tend to producing right or wrong action of life; or convey truth or error. When the mission of a book is to present facts versus theory about an individual or a race, it ought to be encouraged by all who believe in fair play. It The author of this book has for a number of years been collecting facts in relation to the Progress of the Race since Emancipation.