40. W. H. Councill and W[illiam] H[enry] Thorne, “A Negro’s Letter and Its Answer,” Globe Review (February 1896): 43-45.


First in a series of four articles debating the progress freedmen have made since Emancipation. Professor Councill criticizes Editor Thorne for basing his pessimistic comments on a non-representative group of African Americans. Thorne defends the basis for his conclusions.