The Negro in the District of Columbia, An Examination of Black Life by Johns Hopkins Studies, 1893

Edward A. B. Ingle

First Edition

[African American] Ingle A.B., Edward. Edited by Herbert B. Adams. The Negro in the District of Columbia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1893. First Edition; Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, Eleventh Series III-IV, March-April, 1893. Octavo. 110 pages. Disbound, no covers or DJ. An intricate examination of Black life in the District of Columbia through statistics and "nearly eighteen months [of] investigation" through newspapers and more. Ingle centralizes his report upon the lack of adequate resources for African Americans in society, post-emancipation. He asserts that the solution for "the proper treatment of a Negro" is "only in the calm, impersonal, scientific sifting of the evidence on both sides of the slave question in all parts of the country. Topics covered within the report include "Striving for Equality" and "An Experiment in Suffrage". Half title page is disbound from the rest of the pages. Ex-library copy with ink stamps on the half-title page and edges, otherwise good to very good condition.

Item #19671

Price: $225.00