The American Negro Academy.

Occasional Papers, No. 1.

A REVIEW

of

HOFFMAN’S RACE TRAITS AND TENDENCIES OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO,

BY

KELLY MILLER.

Price, Twenty-five Cents.

WASHINGTON, D. C.PUBLISHED BY THE ACADEMY.1897.

OCCASIONAL PAPERS.

A Review of Hoffman’s Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro.

The Conservation of Races.

Orders may be sent to John H. Wills, 506 Eleventh Street N. W., Washington, D. C.

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A REVIEW OF HOFFMAN’S RACE TRAITS AND TENDENCIES OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO.

In August, 1896, there was published, under the auspices of the American Economic Association, a work entitled “Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro,” by Frederick L. Hoffman, F. S. S., statistician to the Prudential Insurance Company of America. This work presents by far the most thorough and comprehensive treatment of the Negro problem, from a statistical standpoint, which has yet appeared. In fact, it may be regarded as the most important utterance on the subject since the publication of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin;” for the interest which the famous novel aroused in 

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