[151] Edward B. Taylor, The Outlook, July 16, 1904, p. 670.
[152] The Souls of Black Folk, 106.
[153] See Exodus xxii. 16.
[154] The Souls of Black Folk, 106.
[155] May 6, 1905. Having finished my work I read two days ago, “The Color Line. A Brief in behalf of the Unborn.” By William Benjamin Smith, N. Y., 1905. It ably and vividly explains the transcendent importance of keeping the blood of Caucasians in America uncontaminated with that of the African, and demonstrates that to do this the color line must be rigidly maintained between negroid as well as coal-black, on one side, and white on the other. The utter impossibility of making the man of a particular race like the man of another extremely remote one by even the most careful education is shown with startling effect. The inability of the black to hold his own against white competition, and his gradual and sure expulsion is proved by overwhelming evidence. The book is useful as an introduction to all the literature of the subject. The only fault that I note is its excessive warmth and combativeness—especially in the first half. With the dispassionate serenity of Mr. Tillinghast, it would have been perfect.
[156] The quotations which immediately follow are from a letter of J. B. A. Walker, dated Tuskegee, Ala., July 27, 1904, written to S. H. Comings, who has kindly permitted me to make use of it.
[157] Lower South in Am. Hist. 223. When Professor Brown read “The Clansman” doubtless his hesitation ended.
[158] Clyatt v. United States, March 13, 1905.
[159] Possibly this is the village of Boley, mentioned in the next chapter.
[160] They are Stephen, a slave, v. State, 2 Ga. 225; Jesse, a slave, v. State, 20 Ga. 161.