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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... effort but generously offered her commen- tary on the introduction and made substantive comments on every one of the pamphlets . The editors also wish to thank the New York State African - American Research Council ( particularly Anne ...
... effort but generously offered her commen- tary on the introduction and made substantive comments on every one of the pamphlets . The editors also wish to thank the New York State African - American Research Council ( particularly Anne ...
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... effort in his 1848 edition of Walker's " Appeal , " which he published alongside his own famous “ Address to the Slaves of United States . " Garnet never met Walker - never heard his voice - except in the pages of the man's pamphlet ...
... effort in his 1848 edition of Walker's " Appeal , " which he published alongside his own famous “ Address to the Slaves of United States . " Garnet never met Walker - never heard his voice - except in the pages of the man's pamphlet ...
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... efforts to cultivate a public literary identity transformed African - American protest . As both literary scholars and social historians have shown over the past several decades , enslaved African Americans created a rich culture whose ...
... efforts to cultivate a public literary identity transformed African - American protest . As both literary scholars and social historians have shown over the past several decades , enslaved African Americans created a rich culture whose ...
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... efforts chal- lenged white " friends " to relinquish their moral guardianship of blacks . The very capacity of black spokespersons to patronize nonelite blacks constituted a powerful argument for the removal of barriers to blacks ...
... efforts chal- lenged white " friends " to relinquish their moral guardianship of blacks . The very capacity of black spokespersons to patronize nonelite blacks constituted a powerful argument for the removal of barriers to blacks ...
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... efforts would bring slavery and racial injustice to an end . Reformers soon clashed when these ideals faded . More importantly , African Americans faced a worsening racial front in the United States : the enslaved population grew ...
... efforts would bring slavery and racial injustice to an end . Reformers soon clashed when these ideals faded . More importantly , African Americans faced a worsening racial front in the United States : the enslaved population grew ...
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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