The Book of Lives: It Was Written

By Clyde Jackson IV

Informative, practical, as well as technical, The Book Of Lives: It Was Written takes the reader on a journey back in time. The path leads abroad, veering from the conventional path of North American history, that is usually embarked upon. Athletes, reformists, presidents, and more had contributions that were up until now, swept under the rug. After establishing an identity, The author of The Book of Lives: It Was Written doubles back on his project in order to complete it, feeling empty inside until this purpose was accomplished in 2022 because the project was long overdue, being only a concept of consisting of one chapter in August the 18th of 2019.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jun 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9781667850177

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© 2022 Clyde Jackson

ISBN: 978-1-66-785017-7

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Table of Contents

Orientation

1.) How To Dehumanize The Negro Child

2.) Negroes And The Military

3.)Reconstruction, Politics, and the Negro

4.) Sports and the North American Negro

5.) Prostitution and The Negro

6.) The Negro and Financial Literacy

7.) The Plight Of The Negro Woman

Orientation

"For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known."

-Jesus Christ

The Book of Lives is merely my extensive research to show the reader things they never knew. The info here was gathered from respected, prominent people such as sociologists, chroniclers, presidents, athletes, and so on. These sources have shed light on the origin of color prejudice, the treatment of slaves, the actions of slave owners, judicial decisions concerning the well being of Black people, etc. Take the WPA (Works Progress Administration) for example. This program was brought to life by the Great Depression of the 1930’s. "With The United States experiencing economic devastation and widespread unemployment, the Federal Government under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Administration, developed numerous programs in order to stabilize the economy. Designed to put unemployed people to work using their skills to build roads, dams, bridges, and swimming pools, the WPA would also achieve something known as The Slave Narrative Collection, several autobiographies of former slaves. In two years (1936-38), 17 states would produce a collection of more than 2 thousand interviews with former slaves. These are for the most part first-person accounts of life as a slave and feelings toward bondage in the United States. The narratives are regarded as priceless. Ex-slaves ranged in age from 1 y/o to more than 50 at the time of emancipation in 1865. Over 2/3 were beyond 80 y/o when interviewed, more than 70 years after slavery was legally ended. The interviews were also relatively inaccessible for many years to a broad readership due to being in the rare book room, a place where material could not be read outside of the Library of Congress" (When I Was A Slave: Memoirs From The Slave Narrative Collection). In the fight to educate those seeking knowledge, consider the Book of Lives my contribution. My brick to place in the pyramid.

1.) How To Dehumanize The Negro Child

Harsh treatment of Negro children wasn’t only a North American practice. It was worldwide. In this chapter, we’ll be shedding light on what these children endured as told by slaves, chroniclers, and historians. Looking at the way these children came to be possessed, then were housed, fed, and clothed, you’ll come to find that if Negro children possessed anything at all, it was an insufficient amount or an humiliating accessory.

Obtaining The Negro Child

In order for a slaveowner to possess a Negro child in North America for such purposes, the Negro child must first be procured. Simple put, this child must be caught with, by definition, "careful effort". Since slaves were considered legally as property, the process the Negro child went through will leave you speechless. Imagine being a Negro child slave already, your master dying, and being a part of his will, only to be inherited by his progeny like a common trinket. This occurred in one slaveowners will which reads as follows: "Notwithstanding the above bequests I leave to my granddaughter, Mary Bayley, my Negro girl Bett, and to her two sisters my Negro boy, formerly called Brennus. To my grandson, John C. Dongan, my Negro man, Adam… to my son John, my Negro boy, Titus, my Negro wench, Phebe, and Negro man Carlos, but if said Carlos be disposed of before my decease I hearby give him my choice of remaining servants. To my son John