super-government

Updated: June 18, 2025

Such freedom, it was declared, transcended the mere demand for the enforcement of certain political and social rights and could finally be realised only under a vast super-government guiding the destinies of the race in Africa, the United States, the West Indies, and everywhere else in the world.

Benjamin Griffith Brawley - A Social History of the American Negro: Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including: A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia

He denounced the Wilson League as an attempt to set up a super-government, but said he favored an association of nations and an international court. Governor Cox, the Democratic candidate, came out strongly for the treaty, particularly during the latter part of his campaign. The result was an overwhelming victory for Harding. President Wilson had been too ill to take any part in the campaign.

John Holladay Latané - From Isolation to Leadership, Revised: A Review of American Foreign Policy

It is quite possible that if promoted on a scale vast enough such a Negro super-government as that proposed could be realized. It is true that England and France seem to-day to have a firm grip on the continent of Africa, but the experience of Germany has shown that even the mailèd fist may lose its strength overnight.

Benjamin Griffith Brawley - A Social History of the American Negro: Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including: A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia