At the other extreme are those who hold that the negro is fundamentally different from the white man and inferior to him: and some go so far as to say that he is incapable of development.
Fifty years ago General John Pope predicted, with a saving reservation, hat the negroes of Georgia would soon surpass the whites in education, culture, and wealth.

Other predictions, similar in tone, were common in the reports of various philanthropic associations.

Obviously these prophecies have not been fulfilled; but it is just as evident that the predictions that the former slaves would relapse into barbarism and starve have also not been realized.

Practically every prophecy or generalization made before 1890 with regard to the future of the negro has been discredited by the events of the passing years.
It is perhaps worth while to take stock of what this race has accomplished in America during something more than fifty years of freedom.

The negro has lived beside the white man and has increased in numbers, though at a somewhat slower rate than the white.