Pamphlets of Protest: An Anthology of Early African-American Protest Literature, 1790-1860Between 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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She not only encouraged our effort but generously offered her commentary 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 ...
She not only encouraged our effort but generously offered her commentary 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 ...
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Henry Highland Garnet offered perhaps the most illuminating example of such collaborative effort in his 1848 edition of Walker's “Appeal,” which he published alongside his own famous “Address to the Slaves of United States.
Henry Highland Garnet offered perhaps the most illuminating example of such collaborative effort in his 1848 edition of Walker's “Appeal,” which he published alongside his own famous “Address to the Slaves of United States.
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Similarly, slave narratives could be found in parts of the slave South, particularly cities with larger concentrations of free blacks.10 Blacks' efforts to cultivate a public literary identity transformed AfricanAmerican protest.
Similarly, slave narratives could be found in parts of the slave South, particularly cities with larger concentrations of free blacks.10 Blacks' efforts to cultivate a public literary identity transformed AfricanAmerican protest.
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Black authors were not contacted or even considered.13 A more interesting example of whites' efforts to deny the legitimacy of black public speech comes from a 1790 newspaper debate in New York City in which a writer going by the name ...
Black authors were not contacted or even considered.13 A more interesting example of whites' efforts to deny the legitimacy of black public speech comes from a 1790 newspaper debate in New York City in which a writer going by the name ...
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Such efforts challenged 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' ...
Such efforts challenged 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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Contents
A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People During the Late Awful | |
A Charge 1797 | |
A Dialogue Between a Virginian and an African Minister 1810 | |
An Address before the Pennsylvania Augustine Society 1818 | |
Address to the National Convention of 1834 1834 | |
Productions 1835 | |
New York Committee of Vigilance for the Year 1837 together with | |
Proceedings of the National Convention of Colored People 1847 | |
Report of the Proceedings of the Colored National Convention Cleveland 1848 held | |
Address to the People of the United States 1853 1857 | |
Political Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent 1854 | |
The History of the Haitian Revolution 1855 | |
An Appeal to the Females of the African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
The English Language in Liberia 1861 | |
Debate over Garnets Address to the Slaves of the United States | |
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| Title | Pamphlets of Protest: An Anthology of Early African-American Protest Literature, 1790-1860 |
| Editors | Richard Newman, Patrick Rael, Phillip Lapsansky |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1136687327, 9781136687327 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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