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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... Political Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent " ( 1854 ) 21. WILLIAM WELLS BROWN 240 " The History of the Haitian Revolution " ( 1855 ) 22 . MARY STILL 254 " An Appeal to the Females of the African Methodist Episcopal ...
... Political Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent " ( 1854 ) 21. WILLIAM WELLS BROWN 240 " The History of the Haitian Revolution " ( 1855 ) 22 . MARY STILL 254 " An Appeal to the Females of the African Methodist Episcopal ...
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... politics ) , African Americans viewed public protest as the central means of waging a liberation struggle . Public ... political improvements of the rising generation of the people of our complex- ion . " In Newport , Rhode Island ...
... politics ) , African Americans viewed public protest as the central means of waging a liberation struggle . Public ... political improvements of the rising generation of the people of our complex- ion . " In Newport , Rhode Island ...
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... political venues but in most corners of public life . In addition , first - generation black pamphleteers ' style of appealing to the public eventually influenced Garrison's genera- tion of white antislavery activists . The world's ...
... political venues but in most corners of public life . In addition , first - generation black pamphleteers ' style of appealing to the public eventually influenced Garrison's genera- tion of white antislavery activists . The world's ...
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... political climate , those of ensuing years increasingly embraced the radical temper of an expanded public sphere , its new era of mass politics , and its aggres- sive assertions of group interest . Calls for moral uplift pervaded black ...
... political climate , those of ensuing years increasingly embraced the radical temper of an expanded public sphere , its new era of mass politics , and its aggres- sive assertions of group interest . Calls for moral uplift pervaded black ...
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... political science , upon which we rely , and which we press upon your consideration , have been evolved and enunciated by you . " Douglass then outlined the American creed as the continuing basis for African - American protest . " We ...
... political science , upon which we rely , and which we press upon your consideration , have been evolved and enunciated by you . " Douglass then outlined the American creed as the continuing basis for African - American protest . " We ...
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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