The Black Image in the White Mind: The Debate on Afro-American Character and Destiny, 1817-1914 (Wesleyan Paperback)

A study of issues of race in 19th century America. Front Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Introduction to the Wesleyan Edition of The Black Image in the White Mind......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Preface......Page 18 1. Prejudice and Reformism: The Colonization Idea and the Abolitionist Response, 1817-1840......Page 21 2. Slavery and Race: The Southern Dilemma......Page 63 3. Science, Polygenesis, and the Proslavery Argument......Page 91 4. Uncle Tom and the Anglo-Saxons: Romantic Racialism in the North......Page 117 5. White Nationalism: "Free Soil" and the Ideal of Racial Homogeneity......Page 150 6. Race and Reconstruction......Page 185 7. The New South and the New Paternalism, 1877-1890......Page 218 8. The Vanishing Negro: Darwinism and the Conflict of the Races......Page 248 9. The Negro as Beast: Southern Negrophobia at the Turn of the Century......Page 276 10. Accommodationist Racism and the Progressive Mentality......Page 303 11. Conclusion and Epilogue......Page 340 About the Author......Page 354 Back Cover......Page 355 Front Cover 1 Title Page 5 Copyright 6 Dedication 7 Contents 8 Introduction to the Wesleyan Edition of The Black Image in the White Mind 10 Acknowledgments 16 Preface 18 1. Prejudice and Reformism: The Colonization Idea and the Abolitionist Response, 1817-1840 21 2. Slavery and Race: The Southern Dilemma 63 3. Science, Polygenesis, and the Proslavery Argument 91 4. Uncle Tom and the Anglo-Saxons: Romantic Racialism in the North 117 5. White Nationalism: "Free Soil" and the Ideal of Racial Homogeneity 150 6. Race and Reconstruction 185 7. The New South and the New Paternalism, 1877-1890 218 8. The Vanishing Negro: Darwinism and the Conflict of the Races 248 9. The Negro as Beast: Southern Negrophobia at the Turn of the Century 276 10. Accommodationist Racism and the Progressive Mentality 303 11. Conclusion and Epilogue 340 About the Author 354 Back Cover 355 0819561886,9780819561886 Wesleyan George M. Fredrickson. Originally Published: New York : Harper & Row, C1971, With A New Introduction. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Provides a history on racial thinking from the early nineteenth-century to the end of World War I