FOLLITTS BLACK LECTURES N°1

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“A BLACK LECTURE ON PHRENOLOGY”

FRENS, AN FELLOW NIGGERS, LEND ME YOUR EARS,--

SHAKEMSPER.

"My Frens" you dissemble here dis nite for hear lectar on Nalagy—nalagy, my frens, is de art ob telling de fief niggar from de hones niggar, de foo niggar from de wisdom niggar, de grog niggar from de water niggar; an how dat done I wonder? eh! why I tell you, by de bumps on him "dam tick" skull—on dis side you may obserb I hab cast ob de head ob a genelman ob color, an on de oder side I hab cast ob de head ob a common white feller—berry well, here, my fren, I tink it rite to obserb, dat all great an clebber men ob ebery nation are **BLACK**; fuss der was Aggamemom an de Duke ob Wellington, bof black; one all ober, an de oder only black heart; den der was Nerer de fiddler, Napoleon de butcher, and Crumwell de brewer, all berry black indeed; den der was Robispir, Marat, Billy Waters, "George de Forf," an de debil, all black; but de **LAST** genelman not so black as de rest. Dus you see, my frens, dat all great pipple are black; black-legs, black-hearts, and black-guards; and me furder wish to obserb dat in my humel obinion dat **EBERRY BONY** was black once, ob course I lude to de **DARK** ages. An now for de subject: (as de dockor say to de body snatcher), he! he! he! Nalagy mean, my frens (if it mean any thing), bumps, and bumps mean nalagy, I tink dat berry clear. Dis is de head ob Caesar Antonia Pompey Aggamemom—an dis de head ob a "dam white rascal," you see, my frens, dat clebber man an dam rascal is de same ting, when dey bof white; but when one white and de oder black "dat quite anoder pair ob shoes." Nalagy treats ob de head and is derfor a **NONBY** study; de head is dewided into differen parts call "organs," (not wat dey grind about de street, kase de **FEEP** do all girndin bisness demselves) der is great many organ in de head, but me can't say how many, kase when pipple get into row dey somtimms get nock on de sconse and dat break one organ in two or free—so you see, my frens, dat de number ob organs is rader uncertin. When de flesh is off de head it called "skull," an where der is great mob ob sculls dey call it de "SCULLERY," an when two skulls bof alike it called "A SCULLER'S MATCH." Now, my frens, I shall splain de use ob de differen organs, fus me come to de organ ob smell, dis organ sometims called de smeller, an wat make pipple **SMELL A RAT**, it also called de sneezar, de snuff-box, an de conk (but dey only **PROFESSIONAL** names). I nex come to de organ ob sight, which make us see "sight ob tings" dis also called de "blinkers," de "goggles," de "peppers," &c. De organ ob "NUMBERS" is nex, and numbers bein in de skull is de reason dey call pipple "num-skull," dat short for number skull—besides

"Numbers mean figgars,
And dam lot ob niggars."

but ob all numbers nebber forget "number ONE," der is also de organ ob **COLOR**, but dis not to be found in **BLACK** pipple, kase black **NO COLOR**, nor in white kase dey hab no color; den der is de bumb ob "BENEBOLENCE," which mean you no go away widout drop someting in de plate, dat colled actib benebolence; but der is another call "passib" benebolence, which mean telling lies behind pipples back—kicking der corns under de talèe, and pinching dem when nobody see you, dat called passib benebolence; furder on me notice de organ ob "DRAWING," drawing, my frens, mean "drawing" water, drawing a truck, drawing teef, and sometims drawing it mild. Me now come to de organ ob "PERSPECTIB," perspectib make pipple see ting long way off (sometims out ob sight), some pipple grow bettar (in perspectib), pay der debts in perspectib, and me see large collection ob money dis nite (in perspectib). Nex is de organ of "COMBATIBENESS," an is de reason make niggars punch one an oders head, and when it berry large it called d—wolloped; me now come to de organ ob "CONKORD," dis is suppose by some pipple to mean music an harmony—no sich ting, "CONK"-ORD treats ob de conk, and eberybody **NOSE** dat's not music; me find also de organ ob "FORM," form mean "berry long stool," an it also mean de man ob color's head, dat's form wid a wengeance! Observe de smove an finely pencilled brow; de sof and languishing eye, de graceful outline ob de nose, de "delicately chissel lips" forming altogeder dat lubly expression de french call **JINNY** squeek aw, among de many organs der some me no unerstand, one ob which is call "AMITIBENESS," but me spose Amitibness an "Costibness" is de same ting; me now come to de organ ob "TIME;" time, my frens, "dam old rascal" he draw de face into wrinkles, and "deface it," he pull out black hair an shove in de grey; time also berry big fief, he rob us ob healf, ob strength an enjoyment, he pull down buildings, kills pipple an shub em into holes in de ground; he also great drunkard, kase he always hab a glass in him hand. Der is also anoder organ called "MEMORY," some pipple hab berry bad memory, me know some niggars when dey git new coat forget der frens; dat shocking bad memory—some forget der debts, acts ob kindness, an den forget diem selves, but me hope no one will forget de **COLLECTION** at de door. Der is anoder organ call "TRUFT," but me **NO** NOTING **ABOUT** DAT, so me shall finis de lectar in de words ob de poet **PUNCH**, "hur ray de debil's dead, its all ober. Here, "Sambo," you dam jiggerry toe niggar look after de **BROWNS** kase de **BLACKS** are bolting.

LONDON : FOLLIT'S "CITY REPOSITORY OF ARTS," SPORTING GALLERY AND CHEAP PICTURE FRAME MANUFACTURE,
CO., FLEET STREET, CORNER OF BOUVEAIRE STREET.