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WHITE SUPREMACY AND NEGRO SUBORDINATION. OR, NEGROES, A SUBORDINATE RACE, AND (SO-CALLED) SLAVERY, ITS NORMAL CONDITION. WITH AN APPENDIX, SHOWING THE PAST AND PRESENT CONDITION OF THE COUNTRIES SOUTH OF US by Van Evrie, J.H.:
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New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Company, 1868.. iii-vii,[4],x-xvi,17-339,[1],1-60,[6]pp. plus six chromolithographic color plates. Frontis. Original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Moderately worn, dampstain on rear cover. Very good. Second edition. The author theorizes that Blacks cannot survive liberty. The ethnic superiority argument aside, this work is notable for its chromolithographic plates of the various races discussed, namely Caucasians, Blacks, American Indians, Eskimos, Mongols, and oceanic peoples. NUC 0037489.
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