"Dorlan's Plan. (Sequel to 'Unfettered'.) A Dissertation on the Race Problem"

1902 Griggs, Sutton E[lbert] (1872-1933). “Dorlan’s Plan. (Sequel to ‘Unfettered.’) A Dissertation on the Race Problem.” In his Unfettered. A Novel (Nashville, TN: Orion Publishing Co., 1902), 217-76. Rpt. New York: AMS Press, 1971. If there was a separate publication of “Dorlan’s Plan”, I have been unable to trace it.

Eutopia. Dorlan Warthall is an extremely wealthy African American who intends to use his wealth to help African Americans and the eutopia is presented as a fictionalized proposal for solving racial problems in the United States, which will be achieved by establishing an organization that will encourage and develop education, ownership of land, political rights, and better housing, among other things. Unfettered provides the background that makes the proposal possible. See also 1899 Griggs. Griggs wrote other works, both fiction and nonfiction, discussing the plight of African Americans. His fiction includes Overshadowed. A Novel. Nashville, TN: The Orion Pub. Co., 1901. Rpt. New York: AMS Press, 1973 which documents the mistreatment of Negroes by Anglo-Saxons in the U. S., The Hindered Hand: or, The Reign of the Repressionist. Nashville, TN: The Orion Pub. Co., 1905. The 3^rd ed. rev. Illus. Robert E. Bell. Nashville, TN: The Orion Pub. Co., 1905; rpt. New York: AMS Press, 1969 which includes a positive description of the colonization of Africa by freed slaves; and Pointing the Way. Nashville, TN: The Orion Publishing Co., 1908. The novel includes a depiction of the treatment of Negroes, the beginnings of a movement joining both blacks and whites, and the argument before the U.S. Supreme Court for the enfranchisement of blacks. The nonfiction includes The One Great Question: A Study of Southern Conditions at Close Range. Philadelphia, PA/Nashville, TN: The Orion Publishing Co., 1907 (58 pp.); Wisdom’s Call. Nashville, TN: The Orion Publishing Co., 1911; How to Rise. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, [1915] (72 pp.); Light on Racial Issues. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, [1921] (62 pp.); According to Law. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, 1916; The Reconstruction of a Race. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, 1917 (62 pp.); Life’s Demands or According to Law. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, [1916] (122 pp.); rev. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, 1917 (170 pp.); The Guide to Racial Greatness or the Science of Collective Efficiency. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, 1923; Kingdom Builders’ Manual. Companion Book to Guide to Racial Greatness. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, 1924. The African-American author was a Baptist minister.