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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... moral uplift , economic achievement , religious instruction , and literacy . " Perhaps there never was a period , " Prince Saunders proclaimed to the Pennsyl- vania Augustine Society in 1818 , " when the attention of so many men was so ...
... moral uplift , economic achievement , religious instruction , and literacy . " Perhaps there never was a period , " Prince Saunders proclaimed to the Pennsyl- vania Augustine Society in 1818 , " when the attention of so many men was so ...
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... morals of the black rank and file , arguing that they could just as easily serve as purveyors of moral advice and admonition . The overall number of black writers was small , a mere fraction of the free black population , and authors ...
... morals of the black rank and file , arguing that they could just as easily serve as purveyors of moral advice and admonition . The overall number of black writers was small , a mere fraction of the free black population , and authors ...
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... moral reform principles as a path to elevation . Beyond any particular issue , first - generation pamphleteers maintained their importance as spokespersons in national debates over slavery and race . While founding fathers such as ...
... moral reform principles as a path to elevation . Beyond any particular issue , first - generation pamphleteers maintained their importance as spokespersons in national debates over slavery and race . While founding fathers such as ...
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... moral uplift of the race required blacks to master not just literacy but useful trades , upright behavior , and principles of religious piety . By embodying middle - class moral virtues blacks would gain respectability as well as ...
... moral uplift of the race required blacks to master not just literacy but useful trades , upright behavior , and principles of religious piety . By embodying middle - class moral virtues blacks would gain respectability as well as ...
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... moral suasion principles of first - generation activists , a sterling roster of writers also continued to press Americans to live up to the nation's highest ideals . The 1853 Colored National Convention's address , printed in Rochester ...
... moral suasion principles of first - generation activists , a sterling roster of writers also continued to press Americans to live up to the nation's highest ideals . The 1853 Colored National Convention's address , printed in Rochester ...
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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