The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.10, page 324, May 1910, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers quirements are concerned. As you Dreary suggest, there are several counties in the South where they make it a habit not to register colored people, but I am glad to say that these counties so far as Alabama is concerned are the exception rather than the rule. Sometime, perhaps, you might bring out the point that it is largely the fault of colored people themselves that they do not vote. In most cases where there is some foresight to be exercised or some money to be paid in the form of taxes in advance, the colored people cut themselves off. You would be surprised, for example, in a state like Georgia where there has been no law prohibiting the colored people from voting until recently, to see how few colored people vote. I think you will find, for example, that Dr. Du Bois of Atlanta, who tries to lead in the matter of agitation in the matter of the franchise, has never voted in Atlanta or attempted to register, and I do not believe he votes anywhere in America. His case illustrates many others. Here at Tuskegee for example, there is practically no trouble in any colored man registering and voting. Notwithstanding this is true, I find it the most difficult task to get our teachers, especially those who are graduates of colleges, to pay their taxes and vote. If you were to go into a city like Atlanta and make an individual canvass, you would be surprised at the large number of educated colored people who have never attempted to register or vote. Yours very truly, Booker T. Washington TLpS Con. 902 BTW Papers DLC. From James Jenkins Dossen Harper, Cape Palmas, ~Liberia] May 3rd, No My Dear Doctor. Since writing a week ago things have assumed a more satisfactory aspect with regard to the suppression of the native revolts. At Grancl Bassa where a pretty formidable rising among the Kroos was going on, our forces have captured a number of their villages and have matters fairly well in hand. At Cape Palmas, where the rising is more pronounced and wide-spread, we have had to delay active operations pending the arrival of arms and ammu324