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" Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question " is an essay by the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle. It was first published anonymously in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country of London in December 1849, [1] and was revised and reprinted in 1853 as a pamphlet entitled " Occasional Discourse on the Nigger Question ". [2]
- England
- Thomas Carlyle
- December 1849
- Fraser's Magazine
As the colonial and negro question is still alive, and likely to grow livelier for some time, we have accepted the article, at a cheap market rate; and give it publicity, without, in the least, committing ourselves to the strange doctrines and notions shadowed forth in it.
What are the true relations between negro and white, their mutual duties under the sight of the Maker of them both; what human laws will assist both to comply more and more with these? The solution, only to be gained by earnest endeavor, and sincere reading of experience, such as have never yet been bestowed on it, is not yet here; the solution ...
Notes. "First printed in Fraser's magazine [with title 'Occasional discourse on the Negro question'] (December, 1849); reprinted here, with some additions, and no other change"--Verso of title page. Series. Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom: Primary Sources from Houghton Library. Classification.
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7 de mai. de 2019 · ON THE WRITING OF THE "OCCASIONAL DISCOURSE ON THE NEGRO QUESTION"1 by Aileen Christiansen Early in 1848 Carlyle began considering a new book. Against the background of revolution in France he decided that " 'organisation of labour' is precisely the question of questions for all governments whatso-
and again after the Civil War. In his Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question" in the December 1849 issue of Fraser's Magazine, Carlyle de nounced British Liberals and humanitarians who agonized over the suf fering of blacks in Africa and the Americas but neglected the suffering of British workers and Irish peasants at home.
On December 1849, Thomas Carlyle published “Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question” in Fraser’s Magazine; the article was later republished in his Critical and Miscellaneous Essays as “On the Nigger Question.” Image: Photograph of Thomas Carlyle, circa 1860s, by Eliott & Fry.