[Ads-l] Antedating of "Devil" (= White Person)

[Shapiro, Fred]

devil (OED, 4.f., 1938)

1934 Detroit Free Press 17 Apr. 2/5 (Newspapers.com)  Mohammed killed 6,000 Christians in his time and put 90,000 heads in a hole.  The Nation of Islam has 21,000,000 trained soldiers ready to take the devils off the earth.

1934 Detroit Tribune 7 July 6/7 (Newspapers.com)  I learned that the religion [Nation of Islam] was introduced to the people of Detroit in 1930 by Prophet W. D. Fard ... There should not be any doubt in our minds that the white man is the devil.

Fred Shapiro

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