Mia Bay is Assistant Professor of History and Co-Director of the Center for Historical Analysis at Rutgers University.

• Introduction 1. Desegregating American Racial Thought 2. Overview Part I: White People in Black Ethnology Chapter 1: "Of One Blood God Created All The Nations Of Men": African-Americans Respond to the Rise of Ideological Racism, 1789-1830 Chapter 2: The Redeemer Race and the Angry Saxon: Race, Gender, and White People in Antebellum Black Ethnology Chapter 3: "What Shall We Do With The White People?": Whites in Postbellum Black Thought Part II: The Racial Thought of the Slaves Introduction to Part II Chapter 4: "Us Is Human Flesh": The Racial Thought of the Slaves Chapter 5: "Devils and Good People Walking De Road At De Same Time": White People in Black Folk Thought Part III: New Negroes, New Whites: Black Racial Thought in the Twentieth Century Chapter 6: "A New Negro For A New Country": Black Racial Ideology, 1900-1925 Conclusion Notes Index

This is a meticulous and thought-provoking study of a hitherto neglected topic. It will deservedly take its place alongside the best recent scholarship on the enduring problem of race in American history

Mia Bay is Assistant Professor of History and Co-Director of the Center for Historical Analysis at Rutgers University.

• Introduction 1. Desegregating American Racial Thought 2. Overview Part I: White People in Black Ethnology Chapter 1: "Of One Blood God Created All The Nations Of Men": African-Americans Respond to the Rise of Ideological Racism, 1789-1830 Chapter 2: The Redeemer Race and the Angry Saxon: Race, Gender, and White People in Antebellum Black Ethnology Chapter 3: "What Shall We Do With The White People?": Whites in Postbellum Black Thought Part II: The Racial Thought of the Slaves Introduction to Part II Chapter 4: "Us Is Human Flesh": The Racial Thought of the Slaves Chapter 5: "Devils and Good People Walking De Road At De Same Time": White People in Black Folk Thought Part III: New Negroes, New Whites: Black Racial Thought in the Twentieth Century Chapter 6: "A New Negro For A New Country": Black Racial Ideology, 1900-1925 Conclusion Notes Index

This is a meticulous and thought-provoking study of a hitherto neglected topic. It will deservedly take its place alongside the best recent scholarship on the enduring problem of race in American history

Mia Bay is Assistant Professor of History and Co-Director of the Center for Historical Analysis at Rutgers University.

• Introduction 1. Desegregating American Racial Thought 2. Overview Part I: White People in Black Ethnology Chapter 1: "Of One Blood God Created All The Nations Of Men": African-Americans Respond to the Rise of Ideological Racism, 1789-1830 Chapter 2: The Redeemer Race and the Angry Saxon: Race, Gender, and White People in Antebellum Black Ethnology Chapter 3: "What Shall We Do With The White People?": Whites in Postbellum Black Thought Part II: The Racial Thought of the Slaves Introduction to Part II Chapter 4: "Us Is Human Flesh": The Racial Thought of the Slaves Chapter 5: "Devils and Good People Walking De Road At De Same Time": White People in Black Folk Thought Part III: New Negroes, New Whites: Black Racial Thought in the Twentieth Century Chapter 6: "A New Negro For A New Country": Black Racial Ideology, 1900-1925 Conclusion Notes Index

This is a meticulous and thought-provoking study of a hitherto neglected topic. It will deservedly take its place alongside the best recent scholarship on the enduring problem of race in American history