Negroes and Negro "Slavery:" the first an inferior race: the latter its normal condition.Van Evrie, John H.
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Negroes and Negro "Slavery:" the first an inferior race: the latter its normal condition.
Van Evrie, John H.
African Americans; Slavery -- Justification; Slavery -- United States
Origin of the Caucasian Race—Bible Accounts—Invasion of Egypt by
the Master Race—The Caucasians in Assyria, Persia, and
Babylon—Origin of the Mongolians—The Use of the Term
“Barbarian”—The History of the Greeks—Not the Authors of
Political Liberty—Athens not a Democracy—The Roman Republic and
Empire—Citizenship a Privilege, not a Right—The Advent of
Christianity the Advent of Democracy—The Dark Ages—The Races
that Figured in that Era—The Crusades—The Asiatic Invasion—The
Carthaginians—The Arabs—The Downfall of the Roman Empire—The
Reformation—All the Numerous Varieties of the White Race
Subsiding into Three Well-known Families, the Celtic, the
Teutonic and Sclavonic—General Review—The Intellectual Powers of
the White Race the same in all Ages—Knowledge only
Progressive—The Inferior Races Incapable of Acquiring and
Transmitting Knowledge—The Chinese no Exception 63
CHAPTER V.
COLOR.
The Cause of Color Unknown—The Caucasian Color the Index of the
Character; the Contrary the Case with the Negro Race—The Black
Complexion a Sign of Inferiority—Misuse of the term “Colored
Man” 88
CHAPTER VI.
FIGURE.
Differences in Form—The Negro Incapable of Standing Upright—Other
Marks of Inferiority—The Relative Approximation of the
Ourang-Outang to the Negro and the Caucasian 92
CHAPTER VII.
THE HAIR.
The Hair of the Caucasian and Negro Contrasted—The Beard of the
Caucasian indicative of Superiority—The Negro and other Races
have not the Flowing Beard of the Caucasian 98
CHAPTER VIII.
THE FEATURES.
The Features the True Reflex of the Inner Nature—Variations of
Size, Outlines, Complexion, etc., of the Caucasian
Race—Resemblance of Negroes to each other in Size and
Appearance—Inability of the Negro Features to express the
Emotional Feelings peculiar to the Caucasian, etc., etc. 105
CHAPTER IX.
LANGUAGE.
Divided into two Portions—First Capacity of Expression—Second
Arrangement into Parts of Speech—All Beings have a Language,
each Specific and in Accordance with its Organism—The Vocal
Organs of the Negro—No Negro can Speak the Language of the White
Man Correctly—Negroes can be Distinguished by their Voices—A
Negro Musical Artist Unknown—Musical Genius Requires a Brain of
Corresponding Complexity—The Negro’s Love of Music merely
Sensuous, and Manifested by the Feet as much as by the Brain 109
CHAPTER X.
THE SENSES.
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