{"product_id":"black-judas-john-david-smith-9780820356266","title":"Black Judas: William Hannibal Thomas and \"The American Negro\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hannibal Thomas (1843-1935) served with distinction in the U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War (in which he lost an arm) and was a preacher, teacher, lawyer, state legislator, and journalist following Appomattox. In many publications up through the 1890s, Thomas espoused a critical though optimistic black nationalist ideology. After his mid-twenties, however, Thomas began exhibiting a self-destructive personality, one that kept him in constant trouble with authorities and always on the run. His book \u003cem\u003eThe American Negro \u003c\/em\u003e(1901) was his final self-destructive act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttacking African Americans in gross and insulting language in this utterly pessimistic book, Thomas blamed them for the contemporary \"Negro problem\" and argued that the race required radical redemption based on improved \"character,\" not changed \"color.\" Vague in his recommendations, Thomas implied that blacks should model themselves after certain mulattoes, most notably William Hannibal Thomas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Judas \u003c\/em\u003eis a biography of Thomas, a publishing history of \u003cem\u003eThe American Negro\u003c\/em\u003e, and an analysis of that book's significance to American racial thought. The book is based on fifteen years of research, including research in postamputation trauma and psychoanalytic theory on selfhatred, to assess Thomas's metamorphosis from a constructive race critic to a black Negrophobe. John David Smith argues that his radical shift resulted from key emotional and physical traumas that mirrored Thomas's life history of exposure to white racism and intense physical pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John David Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820356263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820356266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.09d","brand":"John David Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410413252863,"sku":"9780820356266","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dfed3fd7-d3b6-4034-8533-a32fa59f9b09.jpg?v=1697536129","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-judas-john-david-smith-9780820356266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}