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Title: A Review of Hoffman's Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro
The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 1

Author: Kelly Miller

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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.

No. 1.--A REVIEW OF HOFFMAN'S RACE TRAITS AND TENDENCIES OF THE
AMERICAN NEGRO.--Kelly Miller 25 Cts.

No. 2.--THE CONSERVATION OF RACES.--W. E. Burghard Du Bois 15 Cts.

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

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 the domain of sentiment and generous feelings, the
present work seems destined to awaken in the field of science and exact
inquiry.

Mr. Hoffman has spent ten years in painful and laborious investigation
of the subject, during which time he has been in touch with the fullest
sources of information, and has had the advice and assistance of the
highest