A procession of Cagots arrives on the banks of the Lapaca, 19th century

The Forgotten Untouchables of France

For centuries, a mysterious community in southwestern Europe endured extreme discrimination with no clear cause.
"Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid." Illustration for Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies by Jessie Wilcox Smith, ca. 1916

Man of Science, Man of God

In The Water-Babies, Charles Kingsley parodied the dogmatic belief held by many in Victorian England that faith and reason are incompatible.
The Miscegenation Troll

The “Miscegenation” Troll

The term “miscegenation” was coined in an 1864 pamphlet by an anonymous author.