 No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 701863Full view - About this book
 | John Wesley Cromwell - African Americans - 1914 - 342 pages
...19th instant and for the almanac it contained. Nobody wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit that nature has given to our black brethren...ardently to see a good system commenced for raising the conditions, both of their body and mind to what it ought to be, as fast as the imbecility of their... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1916 - 532 pages
...you exhibit, that Nature has given to our black brothers talents equal to those of the other colours of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing mainly to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa and America. I can add with truth,... | |
 | Carter Godwin Woodson, Rayford Whittingham Logan - African Americans - 1917 - 504 pages
...friend, he addressed the following in 1791: Nobody wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren...and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa and America. ... I have taken the... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 508 pages
...you exhibit, that Nature has given to our black brothers talents equal to those of the other colours of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing mainly to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa and America. I can add with truth,... | |
 | Carter Godwin Woodson - African Americans - 1919 - 482 pages
...mathematician and astronomer, he said that nobody wished to see more than he such proofs as Banneker exhibited that nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to those of men of other colors, and that the appearance of a lack of such native ability was owing only to their... | |
 | William Henry Brown - African Americans - 1923 - 160 pages
...19th inst., and for the almanac it contained. Nobody wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to those of other colors of men. and that the appearance of a want of them is owing only to their degraded condition,... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - Presidents - 1917 - 518 pages
...you exhibit, that Nature has given to our black brothers talents equal to those of the other colours of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing mainly to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa and America. I can add with truth,... | |
 | Winthrop D. Jordan - History - 1974 - 260 pages
...published as a pamphlet. No body [Jefferson wrote] wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren,...and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa and America. I can add with truth,... | |
 | August Meier, Elliott Rudwick - History - 1976 - 422 pages
...the national capital. To Banneker he wrote, "Nobody wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit that nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to those of the other colours of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition... | |
 | Gary B. Nash - History - 1990 - 240 pages
...On August 30, 1791, Jefferson responded to Banneker, thanking him for the almanac, which indicated "that nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to those of the other colors of men." Only their "degraded condition" suppressed the development of Africans. Jefferson said that he had... | |
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