Did the United States government act wisely in conferring the right of suffrage upon Negroes : being a reply to the article in the October Forum by Sen. James B. Eustis of Louisiana

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Title:
Did the United States government act wisely in conferring the right of suffrage upon Negroes : being a reply to the article in the October Forum by Sen. James B. Eustis of Louisiana
Description:
Written for Du Bois's English Composition class at Harvard. Disputing Sen. James B. Eustis' claim that the black race is inferior and the United States Government was wrong in granting African Americans the right to vote. Includes extensive comments from George Kittridge.
Creator:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Date:
[ca. 1889]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Essays
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 230 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 10. Essays and Student Papers
Subjects:
African Americans--Suffrage
Black race
African Americans--Social conditions--1800--1899
Extent:
39 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b230-i007
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Cambridge (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b230-i007