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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An Anthology of Early African-American Protest Literature, 1790-1860 Richard Newman, Patrick Rael, Phillip Lapsansky. " Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens , Threatened with Disfranchisement , to the People of Pennsylvania " ( 1837 ) 13 ...
An Anthology of Early African-American Protest Literature, 1790-1860 Richard Newman, Patrick Rael, Phillip Lapsansky. " Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens , Threatened with Disfranchisement , to the People of Pennsylvania " ( 1837 ) 13 ...
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... early financial assistance allowed the project to move forward in an expeditious manner . Finally , the staff at the Library Company of Philadelphia provided invaluable aid in researching the pamphlets them- selves . The Library Company ...
... early financial assistance allowed the project to move forward in an expeditious manner . Finally , the staff at the Library Company of Philadelphia provided invaluable aid in researching the pamphlets them- selves . The Library Company ...
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... early national era , when no national black newspaper existed , and even later on , when black newspapers operated on a tenuous basis , the pamphlet provided an important and consistent literary outlet for black activism.6 In this vein ...
... early national era , when no national black newspaper existed , and even later on , when black newspapers operated on a tenuous basis , the pamphlet provided an important and consistent literary outlet for black activism.6 In this vein ...
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... earliest immediate abolitionists to travel the New England lecture circuit and to speak to integrated audiences in both small villages and cities , Easton came to question his early optimism in reform . According to Easton , so powerful ...
... earliest immediate abolitionists to travel the New England lecture circuit and to speak to integrated audiences in both small villages and cities , Easton came to question his early optimism in reform . According to Easton , so powerful ...
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... early pamphlet of James Forten . A notch up , a sarcastic tone projected an impatience with white hypocrisy and apathy . Still another turn of the dial brought blasts of anger from Henry Highland Garnet or T. Morris Chester . More than ...
... early pamphlet of James Forten . A notch up , a sarcastic tone projected an impatience with white hypocrisy and apathy . Still another turn of the dial brought blasts of anger from Henry Highland Garnet or T. Morris Chester . More than ...
Contents
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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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