Tag: Charles Chesnutt Digital Archive

  • What is a White Man? The Independent Volume 41 (1889-05-30) pages 5-6 Source: The Charles Chesnutt Digital Archive Charles W. Chesnutt, Esq. The fiat having gone forth from the wise men of the South that the “all-pervading, all-conquering Anglo-Saxon race” must continue forever to exercise exclusive control and direction of the government of this so-called…

  • The Free Colored People of North Carolina Southern Workman March 1902 Charles W. Chesnutt From the Charles Chesnutt Digital Archive. This site maintained by Stephanie Browner. In our generalizations upon American history—and the American people are prone to loose generalization, especially where the Negro is concerned—it is ordinarily assumed that the entire colored race was…