Project Gutenberg 2011-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 60 Smith, William Benjamin 1850 1934 05003805 The Color Line: A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn Reading ease score: 58.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Color Line: A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn" by William Benjamin Smith is a controversial treatise written in the early 20th century. The work presents a scientific and ethnological argument centered around the supposed racial superiority of Caucasians and the alleged inferiority of the Negro race. Smith’s writing engages with race relations, specifically within the context of American society, while asserting the necessity of maintaining racial boundaries to preserve the integrity of the Caucasian bloodline. The opening of the work introduces the author’s thesis that the issue of race will be one of immense significance for the future of American society. He articulates the South's position, arguing for an unyielding social divide between white and black populations based on purported biological and evolutionary grounds. The author sets the stage for a series of debates around the nature of racial differences, invoking both historical and scientific perspectives to defend the idea that intermingling races would result in degeneration of the superior race, ultimately leading to societal decline. The tone reflects a deep-seated conviction about the importance of blood purity, framing the discussion in a contentious light that seeks to influence both contemporary and future views on race. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en African Americans E151 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 419918 419359 2024-10-15T03:56:17.041675 2023-09-15T09:42:33.553719 text/html text/html 414620 2011-01-28T15:41:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 145253 2011-01-28T15:41:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 225741 2024-10-15T03:56:26.554649 application/epub+zip 231069 2024-10-15T03:56:20.657692 application/epub+zip 216663 2024-10-15T03:56:19.186714 application/epub+zip 455516 2024-10-15T03:56:30.533598 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440663 2024-10-15T03:56:25.584690 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322063 2022-09-16T06:57:17.686967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366865 366766 2024-10-15T03:56:15.927679 2023-09-15T09:42:32.413692 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 366600 2011-01-28T15:41:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 140574 2011-01-28T15:41:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 366607 2011-01-28T15:41:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140514 2011-01-28T15:41:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21088 2024-10-15T03:56:30.675665 application/rdf+xml 17921 2024-10-15T03:56:19.772658 image/jpeg 4304 2024-10-15T03:56:19.485646 image/jpeg 220016 2024-10-15T03:56:17.078661 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog