There stood one, in physical proportion and stature commanding and exact--in intellect richly endowed--in natural elo- quence a prodigy--in soul manifestly "created but a little lower than the angels"--yet a slave, ay, a fugi- tive slave,--trembling for his safety, hardly daring to believe that on the American soil, a single
white person could be found who would befriend him at all hazards, for the love of God and humanity
Here you are, on a lone plantation, ten miles from any other, in the swamps; not a
white person here, who could testify, if you were burned alive,--if you were scalded, cut into inch-pieces, set up for the dogs to tear, or hung up and whipped to death.
Adding to that the finding that hypertension is more common and more severe in black than in
white persons (also supported by the data in this study), and that black persons tend to have more poorly controlled hypertension than do
white persons, this outcome points to an important opportunity from a public health standpoint.
Enacted in 1956, part of the original document reads: "Said property shall be used by
white persons except those of different race or nationality in the employ of a tenant.
I must stipulate that only
white persons will be allowed to apply.
Hileman, the Kalispell man, who is official photographer for the Great Northern Railway at Waterton and Glacier National Parks, was amongst five
white persons who watched the ceremonials.
The officer in charge shall not bury, or allow to be buried, any colored persons upon ground set apart or used for the burial of
white persons.
Ample empirical evidence is provided to support the conclusion that despite the current rhetoric about anti-racial profiling legislation, minorities have a much higher chance of being arrested, incarcerated and sentenced to longer prison terms for non-violent offenses than
white persons.
We know little about how race and ethnicity influences medication use despite substantial research showing that, for most health care services, minority beneficiaries use fewer services compared with
white persons (Gornick, 1999, 2000, 2003; Gornick et al.
In 2000, 67% of older
white persons received influenza vaccination, compared with 48% and 56% of older African American and Hispanic persons, respectively HHS reports.
North Carolina possessed a code that prohibited marriages between
white persons and "an Indian, Negro, Mustee, or Mulatto.
They required that people prove they were "free
white persons," or of African descent, in order to become citizens.
