Overshadowed : a novel

Griggs Sutton Elbert 1872-

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8&7? * NOVEI.A F; Ifx 8 ofCaliforniaUniversity Berkeley m ' c ) OVERSHADOWED. A NOVEIL BY SUTTON E. GRIGGS, "AUTHOR OR IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO. NASHVILLE, TENN.: THB ORION PUBLISHING Co. 1901. COPYRIGHTED E. GBIGGSSUTTON 1901. DEDICA TION. To the Memory of ALBERTA, in the absence this herWho, oldestof crossed over the darkbrother, stream, smiling- as she thiswent, volume is most dedicatedaffectionately by THE AUTHOR. AUTHOR'S PREFACE. The task to the of theNegroesassigned States is in the of man-United unique history kind. He was a andwhose grandfather savage father was a slave has been bidden towhose in a oncivilizationparticipate highly complex terms of with the most cultured,equality ag- and virile of all thetimes, Anglo-gressive type Saxon. The character of the task isstupendous ap- when it is called to mind that the civili-parent zation in which are to work out their re-they destinies is fitted to the nature of thespective because he evolved it on; while,Anglo-Saxon, the other the nature of the musthand, Negro be to the thusfitted civilization, necessitating the aside of all that he had evolved.casting This on the of the infant childattempt part of modern to with thecivilization keep pace hale and has served tothereof,hearty parent contribute its of to the count-quota tragedies less that have been enacted under themyriads since the Cosmic forces first broke forthsun, out of into and theirnight light, began up- (5) 6 PREFACE.

Sujets

• African American

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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8&7?
* NOVEI.A
F;
Ifx
8ofCaliforniaUniversity Berkeleym' c
)OVERSHADOWED.
A NOVEIL
BY
SUTTON E. GRIGGS,
"AUTHOR OR IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO.
NASHVILLE, TENN.:
THB ORION PUBLISHING Co.
1901.COPYRIGHTED
E. GBIGGSSUTTON
1901.DEDICA TION.
To the Memory of
ALBERTA,
in the absence this herWho, oldestof
crossed over the darkbrother, stream, smiling-
as she thiswent, volume is most
dedicatedaffectionately by
THE AUTHOR.