The Future of the Colored Race in America

by William Aikman

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1862

About the author

1824-1909.

Reviews

[Bill Berry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review

Some of the terminology can’t be properly translated but it is easy to see why the defeat of the South did not lead to reconciliation. The continued looking down on one group by another shows that outward laws cannot transform the heart. The end of slavery did not end racism in the US it simply altered the means by which it was practiced. To be sure slavery needed to be abolished but only Jesus can reconcile one's heart to God and following suit reconcile us to each other.

[Miles Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aikman was one of the earliest proponents of what has come to be termed the Christian anthropology argument for emancipation. Unlike many abolitionists of his day Aikman was orthodox. He embraced none of the Unitarian or transcendentalist thinking that often typified protestant abolitionist of the middle of the 19th century. Aikman argued however that African-Americans would eventually return to Africa. In his reading God had allowed slaves to suffer bondage in order to be able to better evangelize Africa after their freedom.

[Joe Dickerson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read

An interesting article from a good Presbyterian point of view from 1862. It's nice to get a perspective from the actual time period.