(RACISM) CAMPBELL JOHN Negro Mania Being an Examination of t

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(RACISM.) CAMPBELL, JOHN. Negro-Mania, Being an Examination of the Falsely Assumed Equality of the Various Races of Men. 551 pages. Large, thick 8vo, original cloth, re-cased and re-backed, laying down most of the original spine; occasional foxing throughout. Housed in a specially made cloth clamshell box. Philadelphia, 1851

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first edition of this white supremacist's grand opus.
It is phenomenal that one could fill 500 pages with a prejudice that should only fit on one page. Campbell did not like anyone that did not fit the Aryan mold. Unlike the Nazis, Campbell did not include the Indians among the pure. He quotes a large number of scientists, and statesmen including Thomas Jefferson, to make his point.