From the conservative Democratic newspaper the Yorkville Enquirer comes the opinion of science in favor of racial segregation and white superiority. This South Carolina newspaper quotes a letter from Elliot Coues, an army surgeon from New Hampshire who was stationed in South Carolina in 1868. Coues would go on to be a leading ornithologist. His scientific background was hyped by the paper because of the credibility that it lent to his racist views. While pre-war racism relied heavily on religion, after the Civil War there was an increasing turn towards scientific racism to justify discrimination.
Yorkville Enquirer
Thursday, Nov 26, 1868
York, SC
Vol: 14
Page: 3
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