The Negro Menace to American Society (1907)

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TO THE
OF
WHICH
HE
WAS
SO
DISTINGUISHED
what
that
color
represents
is
extremely
repugnant
to
me
one
of
these
people
anywhere,
or
any
them
in
this
country
by
Nature cares
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vision
in
negroes
are
the facial
of
the
east
side
other
cortex
it-
self
is
a
to
a
superabund-
ance
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interest
in
it
of
the
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head.
The
negro
in
penitentiary
Mention
is
further
science,
a
CHAPTER III
whipped both by
In
fact,
for
forty
years
I
have
studied
the
African
now
those
fourteen
are
nearly
ten
millions.
be
silent,
though
he
has
no
truth
to
utter
(p.
118).
there is
[the new
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often seen the
instinctive thirst
entire history
United
framing
and
;
make
less
than
forty-five
ever been
bility
ber of
has
been,
and
any
amount
of
at the
blood of
observing how
that
danger
to
be
preventive
for
interbreeding,
when
two
races
the
we
an
race,
be;
they
were
as
low
back into
being,
in
all
particulars,
that
the
particular
perhaps
some
of
its
ancestors.
Yet
all
such
things
86
THENEGRO
THE
NEGRO
d8
THENEGRO
people
the
world
the case
THENEGRO
89
of whites
90
THENEGRO
laws
as
immutable
in
their
operation
as
the
most
fixed
laws
in
THENEGRO
91
chickens,
and
can,
when
irritated,
92
THENEGRO
Mulattoes
hybrids,
however,
that
com-
mand
such
place
and
position
THE
NEGRO
y.
race
In
America,
and
a
man
like
Du
Bois
is
continually
howling
about
them
one
and
all
in
the
press
as
the
Advance
Guard
of
the
Negro
Race
in
America.
Mendacity,
thy
name
is
negro,
for
surely
these
are
not
negroes,
but
they
are
very
convenient
types
in
this
country
for
the
great
admirers
among
the
whites
of
the
negro
race
in
the
United
States,
as
well
as
the
negroes
themselves,
to
juggle
with
and
to
deceive
the
thoughtless
into
believing
that
the
negro
is
making
such
vast
and
rapid
progress
among
us.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
what
he
is
doing
is
only
through
hybridiza-
tion
and
crossing
with
the
whites
whenever
the
op-
portunity
offers,
with
the
view
of
furthering
his
own
selfish
ends
and
jeopardizing
the
nobility
of
the
Anglo-Saxon
and
the
civilization
of
which
he
is
the
author.
(See
Appendix,
Note
2,
p.
188.)
Men
like
Thomas,
who
is
about
one-sixteenth
part
negro,
prejudice
this
entire
question
in
their
published
books
and
writings.
I
refer
especially
to
this
author's
last
work,
a
most
able
production
in
many
particulars.
(The
American
Negro;
what
he
was,
what
he
is,
and
what
he
may
become.
A
Critical
and
Practical
Dis-
cussion
by
William
Hannibal
Thomas.
The
Mac-
millan
Comp.,
Lond.
and
N.
York,
1901.)
He
has
shown
the
negro
race
in
its
true
ethnological
light.
He
supports
all
that
I
have
said
above
in
regard
to
the
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95
Old
World,
sands
years
ago
came
96
THENEGRO
disgusting
happening
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97
Gnongo,
from
whence
your
black
blood
came.
It
com-
mences
on
page
33,
and
runs
thus:
The
king
of
Gnongo
ruled
a
small
but
very
powerful
and
very
populous
country,
and
was
the
terror
98
THENEGRO
was
concerned,
all
a
thundering
report
and
THENEGRO
99
would
bring
great
luck,
100
THENEGRO
surface
of
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101
[Just
such
a
frenzy
as
we
see
102
THENEGRO
whole
space
THENEGRO
103
is
the
veneering
of
the
results
of
their
pseudo-civiliza-
tion
gained
since
their
coming
to
America.
This
account
of
the
erection
of
a
Juju
house
given
us
by
Mr.
104
THENEGRO
CHAPTER
VI
106
THENEGRO
in
the
long
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107
men
of
108
THE
NEGRO
races
seen
to
for
in
his
work,
cited
above
(The
American
Negro),
become
in no way im-
THENEGRO
109
in
110
THENEGRO
murder,
16
persons,
THENEGRO
111
subject
in
the
press
at
the
present
time,
know
112
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114
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another
city
profoundly
affected
with
the
same
malady,
and
Dr.
Wm.
Lee
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115
116
THENEGRO
in
this
country
be
the
distinct
gainer,
I,
for
one,
do
Massachusetts,
magazine,
called
Good
Housekeeping.
After
pointing
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117
118
THENEGRO
to
bjc-
H
c3
Oh
t/2
;ih
'bfl
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119
stimulates
in
120
THENEGRO
to whatever
black
is
that
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121
whites.
All
this
is
a
curse,
adding
death
and
disease
to
every
other
infliction
brought
upon
us
through
the
presence
of
this
criminal
semi-savage
race
in
our
midst.
122
THENEGRO
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123
What
I
who
are
giving
has
been
done.
Finally,
in
teachers,
and
animal
sensu-
ality,
and
his
savage
and
be done
CHAPTER
VII
Passion
and
Criminality
in
the
Negro:
Lynch
Law
and
Other
Questions,
As
THE
development
of
the
body
in
man
and
all
other
animals
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125
quadrupedal
animals,
in
this
respect.
Nor
should
we
expect
anything
different
from
this;
civilization
and
progressive
civilization
are
altogether
meaningless
to
them,
consequently
posterity
has
practically
no
in-
terest
126
THENEGRO
THENEGRO
127
of
approval.
at a
birth.
128
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scene
THENEGRO
129
commonly
sensuality.
A
degradation
that
passeth
all
understanding
this
country
spend
130
THENEGRO
between
sixty
THENEGRO
131
sition
132
THENEGRO
(pp.
208,
209).
By
nature,
such
intelligence
and
often
arson
while
iTHENEVr
YORK'
IPUBLIC
LIBRARY
A8TOH,
LENOX
AMD
TILDES
FOUNOATIOKta.
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133
another
reside
within
the
same
region.
Indeed,
mat-
ters
have
come
to
such
a
pass
in
these
respects
134
THENEGRO
making
a
dash
for
a
nearby
lumber
yard,
escaped
amidst
the
high
piles
of
timber
before
any
one
had
realized
what
had
happened.
With
the
father
I
hunted
for
that
negro
until
long
after
dark,
both
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135
But
as
in
the
136
THENEGRO
increase,
negro
assaulter
and
murderer
is
captured
by
the
is
.38
THENEGRO
There
are
seven
of
these
illustrations,
and
they
were
secured
by
me
only
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139
writhings
of
the
negro
140
THENEGRO
solely
against
criminal
assaults
Demoraliza-
tion
followed;
and
fliction of
said
that
it
is
to
be
THENEGRO
1^-
quence
of
freedom
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143
the
inexorable,
remorseless
certitude
of
punishment
will
make
the
lives
and
persons
of
the
women
of
the
South
as
safe
in
field,
forest
and
public
highway
144
THENEGRO
terrent
features,
as
well
it is
suggestion
to
emasculate
the
negro
(or
any
one
else)
as
a
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145
my
own
experience
where
both
the
testicles
had
been
removed
in
a
man,
and
yet,
it
not
only
did
not
deprive
him
of
the
keen
desire
for
carnal
intercourse
with
women,
146
THENEGRO
woman
or
some
one
of
THE
NEGRO
147
affair
has
received,
she
was hanged, she
crime
that
he
attempted
to
commit.
was
going
to
get
for
his
work.
said,
148
THENEGRO
nurse,
knife and
his
away, I
THENEGRO
149
rifle
150
THENEGRO
THENEGRO
151
ings
more
easily
Homo
lines
and
demon-
strated
the
extreme
undesirability
of
permitting
that
who
have
a
in
their
composition
who
are
at
all
capable
or
in
any
way
fitted
print
it.
remedy
such
remedy.
In
time,
and
nature
cares
not
a
rap
for
time,
any
more
than
THE
NEGRO
:*e?7
although
}KA
THE
NEGRO
Practicability
of
Transporting
the
Negro
back
to
Africa,'
those
views,
when
read,
were
characterized
by
a
number
of
men
of
science
in
Washington,
biolo-
gists
and
anthropologists
included,
as
THENEGRO
157
be
'How can
the mure
the
estab-
lishing
it
is
158
THE
NEGRO
Surely
can
communicate
THENEGRO
159
the
Society
still
remains
160
THENEGRO
Society's
programme
to elevate
THE
NEGRO
161
to
a
little
power
of
expressing
their
minds
on
162
THENEGRO
termixture
presence
of
a
lot
of
black,
undesirable,
unrefined,
cated
about
As
fast
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163
Even
racial
desire
for
so-
cial
equality.
In
strong
terms
he
declared
that
edu-
school fund solely
164
THENEGRO
than
the
illiterates,
which
is
true
of
no
was
found
in
the
negro in
in
the
a newspaper
cation in vogue, which
THENEGRO
165
166
THENEGRO
to
them.
168
THENEGRO
rapist,
but
he
holds
him
mightily
in
check.
As
a
sheer,
cold,
patent
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169
ferent
newspapers
took
sides
for
and
against
what
he
said.
In
this
chapter,
however,
I
am
dealing
principally
with
the
remedies
that
have
been
proposed
to
protect
the
civilization
and
the
integrity
of
the
Indo-European
in
the
United
States,
and
the
separation
of
the
two
races
is
the
one
chiefly
under
discussion
here.
This
being
the
case,
170
THENEGRO
sarily
race
THENEGRO
171
schools the
172
THENEGRO
groups
true
to
say
of
my
section
not
a
colored
pupil
THENEGRO
173
white
farmers
by
raising
the
price
of
cotton.
174
THENEGRO
problem
will
become
national
instead
of
local,
a
bur-
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175
and
when
sufficiently
agitated,
176
THENEGRO
eighty
per
cent,
of
white
blood
in
their
composition,
and
that
blood
probably
derived
from
the
siderable
amount
of
proof
available
toward
estab-
lishing
the
fact
that
in
178
THENEGRO
and
lead,
in
bestiality,
ever
ready
to
erupt
in
hundreds
or
to
recognize
of
IT.
bo
o
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THE
NEGRO
if}
civilization
is
not
inherent
in
.60
THE
NEGRO
geographical
affairs
preeminently
requires
some
THENEGRO
181
times
during
the
last
dozen
182
THENEGRO
from
Europe,
Asia
and
Africa
APPENDIX
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185
the
African
slave
trade,
and
completely
destro3ang
186
THENEGRO
fled, however,
THENEGRO
187
Messrs.
Michaels
and
Noblesse,
THE
NEGRO
a
saw.
It
190
THENEGRO
me,
but
I
decided
at
that
time
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191
his
own,
and
but
he
has
this
amount
192
THENEGRO
United
States,
and
the
THENEGRO
193
The
Colonization
194
THE
NEGRO
Senator
Bruce
and
His
Mississippi
Farm
I
saw
Blanche
K.
THENEGRO
195
that
race
THENEGRO
197
rights
198
THENEGRO
and
offered
THENEGRO
199
200
THENEGRO
THENEGRO
201
202
THENEGRO
prise
was
flowing
from
one
rest
upon
them.
THENEGRO
203
will
be
next
year.
The
politicians
of
his
party
may
advise
him
that
the
solid
negro
vote
(for
in
voting
they
are
indivisible)
holds
the
balance
of
power
in
the
great
central
States
of
the
Union,
and
that
in
the
States
of
New
York,
New
Jersey,
Connecticut,
Ohio,
Indiana,
and
Illinois
it
is
essential
204
THENEGRO
President
of
the
National
Association
of
Democratic
Clubs,
was
in
THENEGRO
205
WOULDN'T
EAT
clipped
by
the
author
206
THENEGRO
W.
E.
Vanderwater,
THE
NEGRO
207
THREE
NEGROES
LYNCHED
They
Shot
Louisiana
Man
to
208
THENEGRO
the
whites
with
—
THENEGRO
209
and
210
THENEGRO
dreds
All About His
Burned to
THENEGRO
211
Another
stranger
was
close
behind.
He
drew
a
revolver
and
shot
out
the
electric
light
bulbs
212
THE
NEGRO
Leaders
Gave
Orders
sight. They
THENEGRO
213
214
THENEGRO
County
Workhouse,
and
David
J.
have
reached
work
lawless
band,
and
THENEGRO
215
trial
be
216
THENEGRO
217
White,
and
having
218
THENEGRO
One
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219
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Bishop,
father
and
mother
of
the
mur-
dered
girl,
left
Wilmington
early
today
for
their
old
home
in
Pennsylvania.
Mrs.
Bishop,
who
has
been
ill,
was
awakened
last
night
by
the
220
THE
NEGRO
THENEGRO
221
particularly
horrible
significance
to
choose
to
think.
222
THENEGRO
THENEGRO
223
citizens
of
Delaware
in
connection
224:
THENEGRO
Proud
of
the
Affair
Everything
is
quiet
at
Paris,
Tex.
All
who
partici-
pated
in
the
horrible
torture
of
the
negro
Smith
Wednesday
boldly
proclaim
the
part
they
took
in
the
affair
and
say
that
they
have
no
fear
of
arrest.
The
ashes
of
the
funeral
pyre
were
raked
over
yesterday
and
many
persons
carried
away
buttons
and
bones,
etc.,
as
relics
THENEGRO
225
taken
and
to
your
duty
to
your
State,
we
ask
you
to
so
act
that
the
crime
of
lynching
may
226
THE
NEGRO
were
witnesses
of
the
punishment
THENEGRO
227
undergoing
the
ordeal,
he
fainted,
and
dropped
as
far
as
the
ropes
228
THENEGRO
of
any
criminal
offence
against
the
THE
NEGRO
229
of
the
Arkansas
River,
contains
about
twenty-five
acres,
and
is
densely
covered
with
230
THENEGRO
ing
and
beating
them
and
driving
them
into
their
THENEGRO
231
Rioting
Breaks
Loose
The
dozen
negroes
who
had
accompanied
Finnessy's
assailant
were
attacked
by
the
mob
of
men,
aided
by
a
232
THENEGRO
antly,
fell
THENEGRO
233
THE
CRIME
OF
LYNCHING
Plain
Words
by
234
THE
NEGRO
tion
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235
236
THE
NEGRO
Does
counsel, when
press
makes
public
every
as
to
be
that
justice
will
be
THENEGRO
237
238
THENEGRO
always
has
been,
the
hand-
THENEGRO
239
vigor,
either
in
denunciation
of
the
crime
or
in
bring-
ing
the
criminal
240
THENEGRO
the
dreadful
torture
of
fire
must
forever
after
have
the
awful
spectacle
THENEGRO
241
been
published
in
the
New
York
Daily
Tribune
(Sun-
243
THENEGRO
lurking
near
the
jail,
and
it
Washington,
D.
C,
problem,
he
expressed
himself
any
convictions
and
as only
a few
following
J.
I.
Hillyer,
a
prominent
Baptist
244
THENEGRO
A
Cincinnati
man,
who
signs
himself
THENEGRO
245
nation
conferences
today
to
arrange
for
protesting
246
THENEGRO
lieves
in
it.
One
of
the
objects
attained
by
lynching,
THENEGRO
247
This
case
needs
no
further
comment
here.
There
is
248
civilization of
the two
THENEGRO
249
cated
races
tering
fabric
and
fretted
by
a
criti-
cism
250
THENEGRO
THENEGRO
251
252
THENEGRO
superior
THENEGRO
253
In
January,
1890,
and
through
254
THENEGRO
are,
as
it
THENEGRO
255
ders
for
various
reasons.
It
256
THENEGRO
better
protected
than
they
would
have
under
a
govern-
ment
of
their
own
race.
It
must
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257
he
will
not
surprise
some
who
think
they
know
him
better.
E.
D.
Cope.
Philadelphia,
February,
1890.
258
THENEGRO
of
THENEGRO
259
cago,
June
260
THENEGRO
to
unfit
him
for
citizenship
in
this
country.
He
THENEGRO
261
country
he
will
mix
with
the
whites
until
262
THENEGRO
The
THENEGRO
263
litical
campaigns
he
renders
valuable
service
on
the
stump
for
the
Republicans,
and
is
recognized
by
the
opposition
as
a
forcible
and
convincing
speaker.
He
came
to
Kansas
twelve
years
ago
at
the
head
of
an
exodus
from
Mississippi,
264
THENEGRO
He
pointed
THENEGRO
265
and
shiftless
classes
266
THENEGRO
competency.
He
also
has
letters
from
the
Argentine
Republic
and
Bolivia,
offering
very
flattering
induce-
ments.
He
is
favorable
to
Brazil,
and
if
the
present
troubles
do
not
disturb
his
plans,
will
undoubtedly
favor
negotiations
with
that
government.
The
cli-
matic
conditions
are
favorable,
and
there
is
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267
try.
The
public
368
THE
NEGRO
when
the
real
needs
of
the
colored
people
are
made
ap-
parent.
Churches,
schools,
colleges
and
many
other
institutions
of
much
importance
to
the
race
are
prom-
inent
landmarks
throughout
the
Southland,
speaking
eloquently
of
the
generosity
of
the
Anglo-Saxon
to-
ward
these
people,
and
more
eloquent
still
are
the
in-
telligent,
educated
men
and
women
THENEGRO
269
early
and
successful
start.
If
270
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resentative
Murray,
the
colored
member
from
the
THENEGRO
271
At
the
afternoon
session
an
address
He
himself
is
one
272
THENEGRO
Note
9.
Page
160.
THE
NEGRO
273
ily,
and
all
on
by
excessive
exertion
and
then
without
feeling
very
Cape
Mount
to
Cape
274
THENEGRO
enjoy
exceptionally
good
health.
THENEGRO
275
parts
of
the
world
begin
to
see
plainly
the
miserable
276
THENEGRO
Que
la
lieu
de
I'execution.
II
y
la
statistique
THENEGRO
277
pour
1902
et
1903,
on
fremira.
Que
peut
faire
auto-
rite ?
278
THENEGRO
tence
qui
enflamme
le
point
de
villages,
point
de
hameaux
ou
des
drames
ne
se
THENEGRO
279
Ainsi
les
descendants
280
THE
NEGRO
mettre
un
seul
negre,
et
ou
les
ouvriers
n'acceptent
jamais
de
travailler
deux
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The Negro Menace to American Society (1907)