W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2000 Exercising their Freedom: The Great African-American Migration and Blacks Who Remained in the South, 1915-1920 Patrick E. O'Neil College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the African American Studies Commons, African History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation O'Neil, Patrick E., "Exercising their Freedom: The Great African-American Migration and Blacks Who Remained in the South, 1915-1920" (2000). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539626273. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-f39j-9t60 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. EXERCISING THEIR FREEDOM: THE GREAT AFRICAN AMERICAN MIGRATION AND BLACKS WHO REMAINED IN THE SOUTH, 1915-1920 A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of History The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts BY PATRICK E. O’NEIL April 2000 APPROVAL SHEET This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Author Approved, April 2000 Leisa D. Me er Melvin P. Ely i#-(L UP (UK-er H. Cam Walker TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv ABSTRACT v INTRODUCTION 2 CHAPTER ONE "TO BETTER MY CONDITION" 9 CHAPTER TWO "CAST DOWN YOUR BUCKET" 34 CONCLUSION 71 BIBLIOGRAPHY 75 VITA 82 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The writer wishes to express his appreciation to Professor Leisa D.