miscegenation theory blending races applied von anonymous (1 Ergebnisse)

Some pen & pencil underlining, a few passages struck through. Orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards blocked in blind; sl. worn, marked & dusted, spine a little darkened. Handwritten booklabel on leading pastedown. 91pp. Scarce in commerce; only two copies have appeared at auction. The term 'miscegenation' was coined in this hoax pamphlet, which was intended to prompt opposition to the abolition of slavery by stoking racist fears while purporting to be in favour of racial equality. One chapter is entitled 'Heart-Histories of the White Daughters of the South': 'It is idle for the Southern woman to deny it: she loves the black man and the raiment she clothes herself in is to please him'. Another chapter is entitled 'The Future - No White No Black'. The authors attempted to gull Abraham Lincoln into endorsing the work and sent him a copy, a request which he completely ignored.