Froudacity; West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J.…
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"Froudacity: West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas" is a polemic written in 1889. John Jacob Thomas penned this fierce rebuttal to James Anthony Froude's racist travelogue attacking West Indian self-governance. After Froude argued that Black majority rule would oppress whites and claimed racial inferiority justified colonial control, Thomas methodically dismantled these assertions. He exposed factual errors, documented governmental corruption, and celebrated Black intellectuals like Frederick Douglass.
This became Thomas's final and most celebrated work, completed shortly before his death from pneumonia. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob), 1841?-1889 |
|---|---|
| Title | Froudacity; West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froudacity |
| Credits | Produced by Alfred J. Drake. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 48.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | F975: United States local history: Central American, West Indian, and other countries protected by and having close political affiliations with the United States |
| Subject | Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894. English in the West Indies |
| Subject | West Indies -- Description and travel |
| Subject | West Indies, British -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration |
| Subject | Race relations |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 4068 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-04068-4 |
| Release Date | May 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Dec 27, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 608 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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