Manuscript/Mixed Material Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and the Negro"
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Image 1 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … top right Purity and the Negro 1905 top center SPEECHES WRITINGS FILE Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 2 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … Purity and the Negro In compliance with your request to present some facts on the purity of the Ngro I submit the following in the hope that it will open the eyes…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 3 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 3 sexual natures as is often asserted by the enemies and traducers of the race either ignore or maliciously misrepresent the facts Nothing has done as much to attach the stain of…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 4 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 5 and appear to gloat over their vice In several articles which have appeared in one of the best magazines in the country southern white women have declared without qualification or reservation…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 5 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 7 view It is a notorious fact that those who circulate most diligently the foul aspersions upon the character of colored women are the descendants of those who were responsible for the…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 6 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … Purity and the Negro 1905 If the Negro and Purity had not been assigned me by tge Program Committee of the National PurityAssociation I should not have had the temerity to choose…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 7 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … particularly when so many temptations beset the women and in that section of the country where the majority live they draw so little protection either from public sentiment or law e3 slavery…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 8 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … Slave women many of them as beautiful as pictures Madonnas were publicly advertised as extraordinary breeders were publicly sold on the auction block as such and commanded a higher price on that…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 9 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … Indeed have they made it possible for the ignorant and tempted women of that race which served them so faithfully and so long to pursue the path of virtue since the shackles…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 10 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … One wd have thot that if they had had no interest in their col sisters that in order to promote the moral welfare 6 views on all questions affecting the oppressed and…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 11 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 7 the habits and particularly the vices of the American Negro Mr Jacks for by a sort of irony of fate or as proof of her sense of the eternal fitness of…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 12 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 9 serious illness from death unto life A great commotion was created about the matter although the laws of New Jersey where the couple were united do not prohibit the intermarriage of…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 13 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … After a thorough investigation had been made it was claimed that evidence against the moral character of the Colored woman was discovered 11 And so my friends whenever you discuss Purity and…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 14 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … One of the Causes Boston Hearld If The Herald had said it in the same caustic language we suspect there would have been no end of condemnation of our ignorance of real…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 15 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 12 confined to any caste or standard of society but the best men of the community men with beautiful wives and children at their homes maintain illicit relations with Colored women and…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 16 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … Page 183 Thaddeus amiable timidity When a southern white man publicly admits that Colored domestics are stand in such dread of the men in the families for whom they work in the…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 17 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 14 Although this step often leads to disgrace and shame alas the Colored girls desire to leave the South for the North is both legitimate and natural The wages paid Colored women…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 18 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 16 But in spite of the fateful heritage of slavery in spite o f the numerous pitfalls and traps to ensnare Colored girls and though the safeguards usually thrown around maidenly youth…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 19 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … It is very easy to keep tab an exact account of the number of sins a Colored girl commits because neither she nor anybody else makes the slightest effort to conceal her…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 20 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … Again it is easy to understand why there is so much misapprehension in the North about the brutality and immorality of Colored men people Whenever a lynching occurs in the South the…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 21 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 19 the short space of forty years as their enemies of the oppressed and struggling race would have the world believe In connection with the Colored Americans unblemished record both before and…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 22 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … In the fourth place the crime of rape as committed by the naives of Liberia is practically unknown 20 Let me hasten to assure you that there is no desire or intention…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 23 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … Particularly from men and women who call High Heaven to witness that they would rather die the death than hear their superior blood tainted by that of an inferior race As Judge…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 24 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 22 as poor in prospects as she is in pocket at the time the temptation presents itself owing to the prejudice against her race and is thus dewn irresistably drawn to her…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 25 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 2 are spurred on by every possible incentive to decency are surrounded by influences conductive to correct living and are encouraged by friends eager to point the path of virtue to the…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 26 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 4 in sorrow than in wrathâ it is made more as a plea for the protection of the daughters of my people than an arraignment of those by whom they are continually…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 27 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 6 Belgarnie of England well known for her interest in the colored people of the United States which is probably the most unjustifiable and venomous attack upon womanhood of a race which…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 28 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 9 who was only 17 years old and who was employed as a domestic in his family The man referred to belonged to the dominant race and was a high salaried clerk…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 29 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 11 mestic domestic service but the dangers which confront the Colored domestic in the South who wishes to lead a decent life are rarely revealed to the public and seldom discussedPage 8…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 30 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 12 parts of the South are ridiculously low One need go no further South than Richmond Va to find Colored women doing the cooking washing ironing and chambermaid work for families of…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 31 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 14 of the United States is not so great as among women similarly situated in at least five foreign lands And when figures showing the number of children born to the unmarried…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 32 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 15 But a few weeks ago Sept Oct 1905 in Alexandria Va just across the river from the National Capital two women were attacked by a highwayman who was described by the…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 33 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 17 enemies would have the world believe In connection with the Colored Americans unblemished record both before and during the War of the Rebellion it is well to remember also that in…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 34 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 19 of Colored women cannot be winked at and condoned without blunting the moral sensibilities of their respective communities and currupting the lives of their own husbands and sons from which their…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 35 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 15 who were entrusted to their care were completely at their mercy and absolutly in their power on hundreds of southern plantations all over the South bears eloquent testimony to their honor…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 36 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 17 of Colored women cannot be winked at and condoned without blunting the moral sensibilities of their respective communities and corrupting the lives of their own husbands and sons from which their…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01
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Image 37 of Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; [ 1905 ], "Purity and … 19 It is in name not only would they atone in partat least to a race many of whose vices and defects are attributable to the cruel bondage in which it was…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
- Date: 1905-01-01