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Originally Posted by Scocs
I don't really want to hijack this seller's thread, but there were several blacks in pro baseball until Anson personally saw fit to end it.
I would rather have an Oscar Charleston or John Heny Lloyd card in poor condition than an Anson card in gem mint.
But good luck to the seller on this undeniably aesthetically beautiful card!
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Saying Cap Anson "singlehandedly" kept blacks out of pro ball is laughable. It was the team owners, and later commissioner Landis, that had the power to do so, and did. No one singlehandedly created the color line - it was a group effort. Anson's racism was just the most reported. Many others at the time and throughout the next 60 years had the same opinions, both players and management.