Pamphlets of Protest: An Anthology of Early African-American Protest Literature, 1790-1860Richard Newman, Patrick Rael, Phillip Lapsansky Routledge, 2013 M11 26 - 336 pages Between the Revolution and the Civil War, African-American writing became a prominent feature of both black protest culture and American public life. Although denied a political voice in national affairs, black authors produced a wide range of literature to project their views into the public sphere. Autobiographies and personal narratives told of slavery's horrors, newspapers railed against racism in its various forms, and poetry, novellas, reprinted sermons and speeches told tales of racial uplift and redemption. The editors examine the important and previously overlooked pamphleteering tradition and offer new insights into how and why the printed word became so important to black activists during this critical period. An introduction by the editors situates the pamphlets in their various social, economic and political contexts. This is the first book to capture the depth of black print culture before the Civil War by examining perhaps its most important form, the pamphlet. |
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... Citizens of the World " ( 1829 , 1830 ) 9. WILLIAM HAMILTON 110 " Address to the National Convention of 1834 " ( 1834 ) 10. ELIZABETH WICKS 114 " Address Delivered Before the African Female Benevolent Society of Troy " ( 1834 ) 11 ...
... Citizens of the World " ( 1829 , 1830 ) 9. WILLIAM HAMILTON 110 " Address to the National Convention of 1834 " ( 1834 ) 10. ELIZABETH WICKS 114 " Address Delivered Before the African Female Benevolent Society of Troy " ( 1834 ) 11 ...
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... Citizens , Threatened with Disfranchisement , to the People of Pennsylvania " ( 1837 ) 13. DAVID RUGGLES " New York Committee of Vigilance for the Year 1837 , together with Important Facts Relative to Their Proceedings " ( 1837 ) 14 ...
... Citizens , Threatened with Disfranchisement , to the People of Pennsylvania " ( 1837 ) 13. DAVID RUGGLES " New York Committee of Vigilance for the Year 1837 , together with Important Facts Relative to Their Proceedings " ( 1837 ) 14 ...
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... citizens could see African- American arguments ; and time , so that subsequent generations of black as well as white readers could refer back to African - American documents . Early pamphlets did more than retain the memory of black ...
... citizens could see African- American arguments ; and time , so that subsequent generations of black as well as white readers could refer back to African - American documents . Early pamphlets did more than retain the memory of black ...
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... citizens to demolish racial subjection . “ Fellow - citizens ! " he began . " We cannot announce the discovery of any new principle adapted to ameliorate the condi- tion of mankind . The great truths of moral and political science ...
... citizens to demolish racial subjection . “ Fellow - citizens ! " he began . " We cannot announce the discovery of any new principle adapted to ameliorate the condi- tion of mankind . The great truths of moral and political science ...
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... citizens themselves relinquished their supremacist views , racial reform would only limp along.43 Where Easton fretted about white power , other pamphleteers sought to challenge oppression by emphasizing black power . It is no ...
... citizens themselves relinquished their supremacist views , racial reform would only limp along.43 Where Easton fretted about white power , other pamphleteers sought to challenge oppression by emphasizing black power . It is no ...
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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