Black and White in the Southern States : A Study of the Race Problem in the United States from a South African Point of View

by Evans, Maurice S.; Fredrickson, George M.

• ISBN13: 9781570034091
• ISBN10: 1570034095
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr

Author Biography

An immigrant to the British East African colony of Natal in 1875, Maurice S. Evans (1854-1920) was a politician who emerged as a leading white expert on "native affairs." He authored The Native Problem in Natal and Black and White in South East Africa. Evans's research trip to the United States in 1914 laid the foundation for and gave direction to his assessments of black and white relations George M. Fredrickson is Edgar E. Robinson Professor of United States History at Stanford University in California

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface	vii
Introduction	ix
Introduction to the First Edition	xxv
The Question of the Century	1	(5)
Free Discussion	6	(4)
Some Thoughts on Race	10	(7)
Race Prejudice	17	(18)
The South Land	35	(9)
The Past, Slavery	44	(5)
The Past, Reconstruction	49	(6)
The White Factor	55	(28)
The Black Man, with whom is the Part White	83	(14)
What the Negro has Achieved	97	(17)
Negro Organization---Church and Lodge	114	(9)
Education, Principally that of the Black Child	123	(8)
Education Linked to Life---Hampton and Tuskegee	131	(9)
Grievances. The Jim Crow Car	140	(7)
Political Rights and Wrongs	147	(8)
Separation in Schools and Places of Public Resort	155	(3)
The Negro before the Court	158	(3)
Personal Injustice	161	(5)
Blood Guiltiness	166	(17)
Blood Admixture---The Sin of the White Man	183	(9)
The Basis of Race Hostility	192	(3)
The Two Schools	195	(15)
The North---A Voter without a Livelihood	210	(14)
The South---A Livelihood without a Vote	224	(9)
City and Country	233	(4)
Living Examples	237	(10)
The Great Opportunity	247	(13)
Comparisons	260	(5)
Opinions of Others and their Application	265	(6)
The Future	271	(9)
For South Africa	280	(4)
Bibliography	284	(5)
Index	289