↑ Pretest: Unit 4
Pile on the Black Man's Burden.
'Tis nearest at your door;
Why heed long bleeding Cuba,
or dark Hawaii's shore?
Hail ye your fearless armies,
Which menace feeble folks
Who fight with clubs and arrows
and brook your rifle's smoke.
-"The Black Man's Burden" by H. T. Johnson
What was most likely the author's motivation for publishing the ideas
expressed in this passage?
Pile on the Black Man's Burden.
'Tis nearest at your door;
Why heed long bleeding Cuba,
or dark Hawaii's shore?
Hail ye your fearless armies,
Which menace feeble folks
Who fight with clubs and arrows
and brook your rifle's smoke.
-"The Black Man's Burden" by H. T. Johnson
What was most likely the author's motivation for publishing the ideas
expressed in this passage?