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Santop Licorice is the founder and leader of the Back-to-Africa Society. The book critiques him as a hypocrite, because he both praises racial solidarity but he also dislikes other Black leaders like Beard. Licorice also works to tear down “Black-No-More” despite the fact that it aims to remove obstacles for other Black Americans. He does this because he profits off of Black Americans who want to immigrate back to Africa, as their first step is always to pay for membership in his society. Ultimately, Max pays Licorice to fight Beard and the other Black leaders, hoping to create an impasse between them so that Max can continue to gain members in the Knights of Nordica and more money as a result. Licorice is a parody of famous Black activist Marcus Garvey.
Santop Licorice Quotes in Black No More
The Black No More quotes below are all either spoken by Santop Licorice or refer to Santop Licorice. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Mr. Licorice for some fifteen years had been very profitably advocating the emigration of all the American Negroes to Africa. He had not, of course, gone there himself and had not the slightest intention of going so far from the fleshpots, but he told the other Negroes to go. Naturally the first step in their going was to join his society by paying five dollars a year for membership, ten dollars for a gold, green and purple robe and silver-colored helmet that together cost two dollars and a half, contributing five dollars to the Santop Licorice Defense Fund […], and buying shares at five dollars each in the Royal Black Steamship Company, for obviously one could not get to Africa without a ship and Negroes ought to travel on Negro-owned and operated ships. The ships were Santop’s especial pride. True, they had never been to Africa, had never had but one cargo and that, being gin, was half consumed by the unpaid and thirsty crew before the vessel was saved by the Coast Guard, but they had cost more than anything else the Back-To-Africa Society had purchased even though they were worthless except as scrap iron.
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Santop Licorice Quotes in Black No More
The Black No More quotes below are all either spoken by Santop Licorice or refer to Santop Licorice. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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Mr. Licorice for some fifteen years had been very profitably advocating the emigration of all the American Negroes to Africa. He had not, of course, gone there himself and had not the slightest intention of going so far from the fleshpots, but he told the other Negroes to go. Naturally the first step in their going was to join his society by paying five dollars a year for membership, ten dollars for a gold, green and purple robe and silver-colored helmet that together cost two dollars and a half, contributing five dollars to the Santop Licorice Defense Fund […], and buying shares at five dollars each in the Royal Black Steamship Company, for obviously one could not get to Africa without a ship and Negroes ought to travel on Negro-owned and operated ships. The ships were Santop’s especial pride. True, they had never been to Africa, had never had but one cargo and that, being gin, was half consumed by the unpaid and thirsty crew before the vessel was saved by the Coast Guard, but they had cost more than anything else the Back-To-Africa Society had purchased even though they were worthless except as scrap iron.
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