p. 16 | The Negro in Boston

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 20, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 33.

The Negro in Boston.

— Zion's Herald, a prominent Methodist journal of Boston, has been investigating the condition of the colored man in Boston. It finds that they are colonized in that city, not because they do not desire to live elsewhere, but renters of houses will permit them to live nowhere else. They have been forced out of the barber shops, have little chances of employment as skilled mechanics, or clerks even in establishments kept by colored men. The opportunities for advancement in business for the colored man are greater in Atlanta, Ga., than in Boston; the Herald thus sums up its findings:—

“We fail to see any difference in the nature of the feelings against the Negro north or south of Mason and Dixon's line. It is a mere matter of the way they are expressed.”

Which shows that human nature unchanged by the grace of God is the same everywhere,—essentially selfish. Jesus Christ is no respecter of persons.