[1] This paper presents in substance the contents of Chapters I and II of
a study on "Negro Folk-Song and Character," with other chapters as
follows: Chapter III, The Negro's Social and Secular Songs; Chapter IV,
Types of Social Songs among the Negroes; Chapter V, Work Songs and
Phrases; Chapter VI, The Negro's Mental Imagery; Chapter VII, Negro
Character as Revealed in Folk-Songs and Poetry.
[2] See _Atlantic Monthly_, Vol. XIX, pp. 685 _seq._, _Scribners_, Vol.
XX, pp. 425 _seq._, _Lippincott's_, Vol. II, 617 _seq._
[3] For verses not found in the present-day negro spirituals, see _Slave
Songs in the United States_, W. F. Allen, New York, 1867, _The Jubilee
Singers_, New York, 1873, _Plantation and Cabin Songs_, New York, 1892.