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Shadow and Light

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs · 1902 (composed before publication)

passage 14 of 171 · CHAPTER I 3

Cuba and the Philippines--Their Acquisition Under the Plea of Relief From Spanish Misrule--Aguinaldo, Leader of the Filipinos--The Fidelity and Bravery of the American Negro in the Spanish War--Attestation by Many Witnesses--Industrial Education--Othello's Occupation Gone When Polls are Closed.

Opposition Possibly Beneficent--President McKinley's Order for Enlistment of Colored Soldiers--General Grosvenor's Tribute--Fifteen Thousand in the Spanish War--U. S. Supreme Court vs. The Negro--The Basis of Congressional Representation.

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Shadow and Light · Mifflin Wistar Gibbs · 1902