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| Title | What a grand race of athletes and mental giants we would have |
| Creator | Alexander, J. B. (John Brevard), 1834-1911 |
| Date Created | 1886 |
| Digital Collection | John B. Alexander papers, 1855-1911 |
| Description | This essay, written in 1886 by J. B. Alexander, expresses his views on eugenics and reproduction. Intermarriage and reproduction, Alexander claims, have not been monitored and managed, with the result that intellectual genetic capabilities have deteriorated. "If the State was as jalous [sic] of the physical and mental welfare of her citizens as the importance of the subject demands, she would devise some way by which to interdict the marriages and propagation of offspring, of the class of individuals who are unfit to successfully carry out the high behests of nature. Allowing only those who posess [sic] a sana mena in sana corpore to propagate the species." Alexander believed the same measures taken by those who raise livestock should be used on society to raise the quality of the breed. "Still I am fully persuaded in my own mind, that if it pays stock raisers to improve their breed of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, etc, it certainly would pay the state to see to it that people affected with hereditary or self acquired diseases, whether of body or mind, rendering their offspring incapable of being useful citizens ... should not be permitted to continue a progeny that proves a source of weakness to the body politic, and of expense to tax-payers ... What a grand race of athletes and mental giants we would have to people our land, if only the survival of the highest type of manhood should be permitted to procreate the species." He stresses that purity of the blood line is key to maintaining the superiority of the white race. "Unadulterated blood is far superior to any cross, to accomplish the great purposes for which man was created ... The mixed races have never produced any great leaders who will at all compare with Caucassian [sic] celebrities in any of the learned professions or in the fine arts." |
| Subjects--Names |
Alexander, J. B. (John Brevard), 1834-1911 |
| Subjects--Topics |
Race relations--Southern States Eugenics--Southern States Miscegenation Racism--Southern States |
| Subjects--Locations | United States--Race relations--Attitudes |
| Coverage--Place |
Cowan's Ford (N.C.) |
| Digital Publisher | Charlotte, N.C.: J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Object Type |
Texts Manuscripts |
| Genre | manuscripts (document genre) |
| Finding Aid | http://library.uncc.edu/manuscript/ms0218 |
| Format | image/tiff |
| Relation | Forms part of : John B. Alexander Papers, 1855-1911 |
| Language | eng |
| Repository | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Rights | Materials in the Digital Collections at Atkins Library are provided free for educational use under fair use as outlined by current U.S. Copyright law and accompanying guidelines. Written permission from the J. Murrey Atkins Library or the rights holder must be obtained before using an item for publishing or commercial purposes. |
| Note | Atkins Library has provided the description and subject analysis for these images. We encourage you to contact us at spec-coll@uncc.edu with your comments and feedback. |
| Identifier | Alexander_MS218_1_13_04 |
| Date Digitized | 2011 |
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| Title | Alexander_MS218_1_13_04a |
| Creator | Alexander, J. B. (John Brevard), 1834-1911 |
| Digital Collection | John B. Alexander papers, 1855-1911 |
| Digital Publisher | Charlotte, N.C.: J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Object Type | Text |
| Genre | manuscripts (document genre) |
| Finding Aid | http://library.uncc.edu/manuscript/ms0218 |
| Format | image/tiff |
| Relation | Forms part of : John B. Alexander Papers, 1855-1911 |
| Language | eng |
| Repository | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Rights | Materials in the Digital Collections at Atkins Library are provided free for educational use under fair use as outlined by current U.S. Copyright law and accompanying guidelines. Written permission from the J. Murrey Atkins Library or the rights holder must be obtained before using an item for publishing or commercial purposes. |
| Location of Original | Manuscript 218, Special Collections Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library |
| Note | Atkins Library has provided the description and subject analysis for these images. We encourage you to contact us at spec-coll@uncc.edu with your comments and feedback. |
| Date Digitized | 2011 |
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