Black Abolitionist Archive
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Subtitle: Mrs. Douglass on Amalgamation. Title: Provincial Freeman - December 16, 1854 Speaker or author: S. Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) The writer comments on an article by Mrs. Douglass' (possibly Sarah Douglass) that blames the problems of race relationships in the U.S. on amalgamation, the mixing of races through what she believes is illicit behavior. The writer notes that Mrs. Douglass assumes that if a man and woman are of different races that there couldn't possibly be love involved; one must be the victim of the other. Her article implies that people of African descent are too inferior to even be considered worthy of love from their white fellow human beings. The writer notes that this idea detracts from the real problem which is the system of slavery itself. Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; African Americans--Colonization; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: abolition; Africa; amalgamation; Colonization; human rights; Liberia; slaveholder; women People: Clay, Henry; Douglass, Mrs. Publication type: editorials; Newspapers |
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