Pamphlets of Protest: An Anthology of Early African-American Protest Literature, 1790-1860

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Richard Newman, Patrick Rael, Phillip Lapsansky
Psychology Press, 2001 - 326 pages
This text examines the pamphleteering tradition and offers insights into how and why the printed word became so important to black activists during 1790-1860.

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Contents

ABSALOM JONES AND RICHARD ALLEN
32
A Charge 1797
45
JAMES FORTEN
66
PRINCE SAUNDERS
80
WILLIAM HAMILTON
110
Productions 1835
123
DAVID RUGGLES
144
Proceedings of the National Convention
166
JOHN W LEWIS
190
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ET AL
214
WILLIAM WELLS BROWN
240
MARY STILL
254
ALEXANDER CRUMMELL
282
T MORRIS CHESTER
304
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Richard Newman is the author of over 200 books, articles, and reviews in African-American studies. He is currently research officer at the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University. Prior to this, he was managing editor of the Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Mr. Newman resides in Massachusetts.

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