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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... human community . " By creating a literary identity and tradition , black authors would transcend white stereotypes . Print also allowed blacks to " talk " to one another and white society in new ways . Through- out the North ( and in ...
... human community . " By creating a literary identity and tradition , black authors would transcend white stereotypes . Print also allowed blacks to " talk " to one another and white society in new ways . Through- out the North ( and in ...
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... human race are concerned in our " memorial . Forten , like other leaders in Northern black communities , realized that those whose voices could be heard had a duty to speak and publish for the race - not simply their local lodge or ...
... human race are concerned in our " memorial . Forten , like other leaders in Northern black communities , realized that those whose voices could be heard had a duty to speak and publish for the race - not simply their local lodge or ...
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... human freedom , a more just claim . Coker sublimates his black perspective into a scales - of - justice argument . And on that high plane , human freedom must win . Coker's " Dialogue " makes two points seminal to early pamphleteers ...
... human freedom , a more just claim . Coker sublimates his black perspective into a scales - of - justice argument . And on that high plane , human freedom must win . Coker's " Dialogue " makes two points seminal to early pamphleteers ...
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... human will not just to survive in the face of obstacles , but to struggle , rise , and overcome . Her essay was a cogent expression of the Second Great Awakening , with an African - American edge : Humans can and must change their world ...
... human will not just to survive in the face of obstacles , but to struggle , rise , and overcome . Her essay was a cogent expression of the Second Great Awakening , with an African - American edge : Humans can and must change their world ...
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... human nature , it ought to be recorded , that some of the convicts in the goal , a part of the term of whose ... humanity , by an affectionate attention for their relief . - This has been no small satisfac- tion to us ; for , we think ...
... human nature , it ought to be recorded , that some of the convicts in the goal , a part of the term of whose ... humanity , by an affectionate attention for their relief . - This has been no small satisfac- tion to us ; for , we think ...
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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