| + | R. of Rs. 31: 117. Ja. ‘05. 50w. |
Sinclair, William A. Aftermath of slavery: a study of the condition and environment of the American negro; with an introd. by T: Wentworth Higginson. [**]$1.50. Small.
“This book gives the educated negro’s own view regarding the fitness of his race for full citizenship. It contains a complete record of the civil history of the American negro, showing what the race has done for the country in peace and in war, and what the negro has accomplished for his own uplifting.”—R. of Rs.
[*] “The style is clean and forceful. Of its kind it is the best any negro has written. It is the thesis of a special pleader making strong his case by ignoring the other side.”
| + — | Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 752. N. ‘05. 240w. | |
| + — | Ind. 58: 1422. Je. 22, ‘05. 190w. |
“He is an able advocate if not altogether a wise one, and his book is very readable. He bases his case upon evidence which the other side refuses to admit and makes assumptions which they deny.”
| + — — | N. Y. Times. 10: 354. Je. 3, ‘05. 1350w. |
“He is not intelligent in interpreting Southern conditions or southern sentiment.”
| — — | Outlook. 80: 390. Je. 10, ‘05. 160w. | |
| Pub. Opin. 38: 911. Je. 10, ‘05 430w. |
“His partiality is not envenomed, his plea is glowing, and his historical facts have more than common value.”