An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties and Literature of Negroes / Edition 1

by Henri Gregoire, Graham Hodges

Overview

Amongst other things, this book is a devastating critique of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, in which he mused about black inferiority. Its publication in 1810, after Jefferson's opposition to its appearance, was a major event for African Americans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563249136
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/31/1996
Series:	American History through Literature Series
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Henri Gregoire (Author) , Graham Russell Hodges

Table of Contents

Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8;

Editorial Reviews

Grgoire was a 19th-century French Catholic bishop, an abolitionist, and one of the first to treat the subject of blacks in society. First published in English in 1810, this is a good title for Black History Month.

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