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Book/Printed Material The Negro race, retrospective and prospective, or, The Negro's past and present, and his future prospects Negro's past and present, and his future prospects

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Title

  • The Negro race, retrospective and prospective, or, The Negro's past and present, and his future prospects

Other Title

  • Negro's past and present, and his future prospects

Summary

  • Taylor, an African American Baptist minister from Johnstown, Pa., writes to encourage African Americans to redeem themselves from the blight of slavery. He discusses the Black race from antiquity to slavery and emancipation in the U.S. and sees education as the key to improvement, especially in the South. He concludes with an overview of African American economic and political achievements in the U.S. 25 years out of slavery.

Names

  • Taylor, Caesar A. A. P. (Caesar Andrew Augustus P.)
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Johnstown, Pa. : Published by Harry M. Benshoff], c1890.

Headings

  • -  Black race
  • -  African Americans

Genre

  • Essays--Pennsylvania--Johnstown--1890

Notes

  • -  LC copy has inscription in ink on t.p.: 1890, and pencilled on t.p.: 27.5.
  • -  Copyright deposit (32968); Nov. 17, 1890.

Medium

  • 44 p. : 1 port. ; 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. F, no. 14

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898145

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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The contents of the Library of Congress African American Perspectives collection have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Taylor, Caesar A. A. P, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The Negro race, retrospective and prospective, or, The Negro's past and present, and his future prospects. [Johnstown, Pa.: Published by Harry M. Benshoff, 1890] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898145/.

APA citation style:

Taylor, C. A. A. P. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1890) The Negro race, retrospective and prospective, or, The Negro's past and present, and his future prospects. [Johnstown, Pa.: Published by Harry M. Benshoff] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898145/.

MLA citation style:

Taylor, Caesar A. A. P, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The Negro race, retrospective and prospective, or, The Negro's past and present, and his future prospects. [Johnstown, Pa.: Published by Harry M. Benshoff, 1890] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898145/>.