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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... CRUMMELL 282 " The English Language in Liberia " ( 1861 ) 25 . T. MORRIS CHESTER 304 " Negro Self - Respect and Pride of Race " ( 1862 ) INDEX 311 Acknowledgments This project has been a collaborative endeavor from its 12. ROBERT PURVIS ...
... CRUMMELL 282 " The English Language in Liberia " ( 1861 ) 25 . T. MORRIS CHESTER 304 " Negro Self - Respect and Pride of Race " ( 1862 ) INDEX 311 Acknowledgments This project has been a collaborative endeavor from its 12. ROBERT PURVIS ...
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... language . " 8 While of course sectional rivalries undermined the larger project of national unification , no such barrier hampered the forging of a unified black identity through the promotion of literacy . As Henry Louis Gates , Jr ...
... language . " 8 While of course sectional rivalries undermined the larger project of national unification , no such barrier hampered the forging of a unified black identity through the promotion of literacy . As Henry Louis Gates , Jr ...
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... language . By the 1810s , as abolitionism stalled and the American Colonization Society entered the scene with a plan to rid America of free blacks , some pamphlet writers stripped away layers of surface geniality . New York City ...
... language . By the 1810s , as abolitionism stalled and the American Colonization Society entered the scene with a plan to rid America of free blacks , some pamphlet writers stripped away layers of surface geniality . New York City ...
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... language is strong , but it does not exclude : white as well as black can comprehend every word he uses . Even in the call - and - response sections , Walker mixes a black vernacular tradition with a clear outline of white horrors . " I ...
... language is strong , but it does not exclude : white as well as black can comprehend every word he uses . Even in the call - and - response sections , Walker mixes a black vernacular tradition with a clear outline of white horrors . " I ...
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... Language of Martin Luther King , Jr. and Its Sources ( New York : The Free Press , 1992 ) ; on American rhetorical styles in general , see Gary Wills , Lincoln at Gettysburg ( New York : Oxford University Press , 1995 ) . And Jay ...
... Language of Martin Luther King , Jr. and Its Sources ( New York : The Free Press , 1992 ) ; on American rhetorical styles in general , see Gary Wills , Lincoln at Gettysburg ( New York : Oxford University Press , 1995 ) . And Jay ...
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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