Sir Every man has his idea of how to settle the negro question. The negro has already been the cause of one war and he is going to cause another if the thinking people do not take it in hand and by a reasonable plan settle it in the way it should be settled.
Every man has his little plan and here is mine.
Mindanao is one of the largest islands in the Philippine group and it is a very productive land in hemp copra rubber coffee sugar and lumber and many other things.
It has an area of 45000 square miles and with its wonderful productiveness and vast area and with only a few
Letter to Governor James B. A. Robertson, 1921 June 3, from John W. Frouman, Washington D. C., asking governor about establishing a black colony in the Philippines.
Letter to Governor James B. A. Robertson, 1921 June 3, from John W. Frouman, Washington D. C., Folder 16, Box 3, Record Group 8-D-1-3, Administration of James B. A. Robertson, 1919-1923, Oklahoma Governors' Papers, Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, OK
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Sir Every man has his idea of how to settle the negro question. The negro has already been the cause of one war and he is going to cause another if the thinking people do not take it in hand and by a reasonable plan settle it in the way it should be settled.
Every man has his little plan and here is mine.
Mindanao is one of the largest islands in the Philippine group and it is a very productive land in hemp copra rubber coffee sugar and lumber and many other things.
It has an area of 45000 square miles and with its wonderful productiveness and vast area and with only a few
Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit www.crossroads.odl.state.ok.us/cdm4/rights.php
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001_Letter John W. Frouman to Governor James B. A. Robertson; Page 1
