Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1892 — The Negro Sun Proof, [ARTICLE]

The Negro Sun Proof,

The function of a negro’s black skin is supposed to be the conversion of the sun’s light into heat. The heat thus generated remains in the skin aud does not penetrate to the deeper tissues. Being thus provided with a sun-proof armor the negro can stand an amount of heat that would be fatal to a white man, and run littlqj>r no risk of sunstroke.