Author: Various Authors
Title: [White Supremacy, Racism] New York Day-Book July 8th, 1871
Description: New York, Van Evrie, Horton and Co, 1871. Tabloid. Side folding, tabloid newspaper, 8 pages long. issue of the, being, as the by-line states, "devoted to white supremacy, state equality and federal union." The paper was published by John H. Van Evrie, described by historian George M. Frederickson as "perhaps the first professional racist in American history." He used this paper to promote baseless ideas of scientific racism, and to validate his views. Contents of this issue include politics, racist diatribes and other subjects, with any news of African-Americans written to portray them in a negative light. Not content with limiting the paper's racism to the US, it also looks at natives of the Fiji Islands, news from Europe, etc. GOOD condition, with horizontal and vertical fold creases present, as well as some creasing and wrinkling. Moderate to heavy chipping and small tears along the extremities, with some tearing and holes along the fold creases, with perhaps loss of text. Minor foxing/spotting. Good .

Keywords: Noisbn Americana


See more books from our catalog: History