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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... Race " ( 1852 ) 18 . MARY ANN SHADD 198 " A Plea for Emigration , or Notes of Canada West " ( 1852 ) 19. FREDERICK DOUGLASS , ET AL . 214 " Address to the People of the United States " ( 1853 ) 20 . MARTIN DELANY 226 " Political Destiny ...
... Race " ( 1852 ) 18 . MARY ANN SHADD 198 " A Plea for Emigration , or Notes of Canada West " ( 1852 ) 19. FREDERICK DOUGLASS , ET AL . 214 " Address to the People of the United States " ( 1853 ) 20 . MARTIN DELANY 226 " Political Destiny ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... race . While founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson hoped the sensitive race issue might wither or just go away , black pamphleteers responded with a slew of documents , all underscoring a simple point : Slavery and racial injustice ...
... race . While founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson hoped the sensitive race issue might wither or just go away , black pamphleteers responded with a slew of documents , all underscoring a simple point : Slavery and racial injustice ...
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... racial injustice on broad grounds - Coker ( who hailed from Maryland ) to battle Southern bondage , Forten ( from ... race- neutral constitution in 1790 ) , and that this state history was part of a broader national struggle of ...
... racial injustice on broad grounds - Coker ( who hailed from Maryland ) to battle Southern bondage , Forten ( from ... race- neutral constitution in 1790 ) , and that this state history was part of a broader national struggle of ...
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... race have justly boasted of rational liberty and shall it now be said that they will be deprived of protection by the laws ? " " All men are born equally free , " he continued , and " the motto of our state legis- lature ought to be ...
... race have justly boasted of rational liberty and shall it now be said that they will be deprived of protection by the laws ? " " All men are born equally free , " he continued , and " the motto of our state legis- lature ought to be ...
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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