by W. E. BURGHARDT DUBOIS PH. D. (HARV.) Author of “The Souls of Black Folk,” “Darkwater,” etc. Editor of _The Crisis_ It is not uncommon for casual thinkers to assume that the United States of America is practically a continuation of English nationality. Our speech is English and the English played so large a part in our beginnings that it is easy to fall more or less consciously into the thought that the history of this nation has been but a continuation and development of these beginnings. A little reflection, however, quickly convinces us that at least there was present French influence in the Mississippi Valley and Spanish influence in the southeast and southwest. Everything else howev…
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