An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of Negroes

Download or read book An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of Negroes written by Grégoire (M.) and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In his book, Grégoire systematically refutes all the major arguments for the inferiority of blacks, countering them with examples showing how blacks and black societies possess the same elements of intellect and civilization found in white societies. Its examples of African-American achievement, especially the biographical listings in Chapter VII, remained a standard source for abolitionist writings throughout the nineteenth century"--Jeffrey Makala, http://delphi.tcl.sc.edu/library/digital/collections/gregoireabout.html