From "Superman" to ManA classic work of fiction from the Harlem Renaissance Joel Augustus Roger's seminal work, this novel first published in 1917 is a polemic against the ignorance that fuels racism. The central plot revolves around a debate between a Pullman porter and a white racist Southern politician. |
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... cannibalism . Nor is culture a guarantee against decay or Greece would not have decayed . You may be sure the Roman had the same contempt for the savages of the North , who finally conquered him and almost obliterated his civiliza- tion ...
... cannibalism . Nor is culture a guarantee against decay or Greece would not have decayed . You may be sure the Roman had the same contempt for the savages of the North , who finally conquered him and almost obliterated his civiliza- tion ...
Page 45
... cannibal who has just enjoyed a piece of human flesh is quite as capable of doing this as the most sensitive of our civilized folk . Cannibalism , itself , does not there present to these people the repulsive aspects that affect us ...
... cannibal who has just enjoyed a piece of human flesh is quite as capable of doing this as the most sensitive of our civilized folk . Cannibalism , itself , does not there present to these people the repulsive aspects that affect us ...
Page 46
... cannibalism was openly practised at the court of King Ethelfrith . They also tell of the great fondness of one Giori , a Welshman , for human flesh . " Furthermore , cannibalism existed in Perthshire , Scotland , in the 13th Century ...
... cannibalism was openly practised at the court of King Ethelfrith . They also tell of the great fondness of one Giori , a Welshman , for human flesh . " Furthermore , cannibalism existed in Perthshire , Scotland , in the 13th Century ...
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