The American Negro: What He Was, what He Is, and what He May Become; a Critical and Practical DiscussionMacmillan, 1901 - 440 páginas This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. |
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Página 35 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 12 - The negro of the United States has lost all remembrance of his country ; the language which his forefathers spoke is never heard around him ; he abjured their religion and forgot their customs when he ceased to belong to Africa, without acquiring any claim to European privileges.
Página 69 - ... the system of working at the war office it will be possible to reduce expenditure to any appreciable degree. It may be possible to save a few thousand pounds here and there ; in our system of working the army clothing department, for instance, it may be possible to introduce many minor economies ; but the crux of the whole matter lies in the fact that an army recruited by voluntary enlistment must be paid a wage equal to the standard wage for unskilled labor throughout the country, or must accept...
Página 13 - Violence made him a slave, and the habit of servitude gives him the thoughts and desires of a slave ; he admires his tyrants more than he hates them, and finds his joy and his pride in the servile imitation of those who oppress him : his understanding is degraded to the level of his soul.
Página 178 - All who know the Negro recognize, however, that the chief and overpowering element in his make-up is an imperious sexual impulse which, aroused at the slightest incentive, sweeps aside all restraints in the pursuit of physical gratification. We may say now that this element of Negro character constitutes the main incitement to degeneracy of the race and is the chief hindrance to its social uplifting.