Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro.
- Singerman ID
- supp1665
- Year
- 1864
- Entry
- [Croly, David Goodman]. Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro. New York: H. Dexter, Hamilton & Co., General Agents for the Publishers, 1864. 72 p.
- Author/Editor
- [Croly, David Goodman]
- Location
- New York, NY
- Holdings
- In most academic libraries
- Title
- Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro.
- Language
- English
- Printer/Publisher
- H. Dexter, Hamilton & Co.
- Notes
- Argues that the Jews of Palestine had a dark complexion, as did the Saviour, while Amharic is "remarkably analogous to the Hebrew, rendering it probable that the Jews were partly of Abyssinian or negro origin" (p. 26). See also pp. 53, 58-60 concerning Jewish separateness and the impact of intermarriage: "America is the first country that has done the Jews justice, and what has been the result? They are equal here socially and politically with other sects, and the Jews in America, as a distinct nation, are dying out" (at p. 59). For Croly as "the principal author," see Croly’s entry in the Dictionary of American Biography written by Muriel Shaver; for an analysis of Croly’s work as a literary hoax written in league with George Wakeman, see Sidney Kaplan, "The Miscegenation Issue in the Election of 1864," Journal of Negro History, vol. 34 (1949), pp. 274-343.
- Collection
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Chronological File, 1676 to 1900
Part of Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro.
[Croly, David Goodman], “Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro.”, Judaica Americana II, accessed September 16, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/singerman/item/52117