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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... slavery's horrors ; newspaper essays railed against racism in its various forms ; and poetry , novellas , reprinted sermons , and speeches preached an ethos of racial uplift and national redemption . Pamphleteering became one of the ...
... slavery's horrors ; newspaper essays railed against racism in its various forms ; and poetry , novellas , reprinted sermons , and speeches preached an ethos of racial uplift and national redemption . Pamphleteering became one of the ...
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... slaves , ought to be part of any dialogue over slavery , abolition , or racial justice . Even white aboli- tionists found the black view hard to take seriously in the early fight against slavery . In 1800 , the American Convention of ...
... slaves , ought to be part of any dialogue over slavery , abolition , or racial justice . Even white aboli- tionists found the black view hard to take seriously in the early fight against slavery . In 1800 , the American Convention of ...
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... slavery , relates graphic tales of labor and violence under the lash , escapes bondage through hard work and ingenuity , and eventually is befriended by abolitionists , whereupon he or she claims his or her independent identity in a ...
... slavery , relates graphic tales of labor and violence under the lash , escapes bondage through hard work and ingenuity , and eventually is befriended by abolitionists , whereupon he or she claims his or her independent identity in a ...
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... slavery and achieving racial equality . The cohort of pamphleteers working between the 1790s and the 1820s established a foundation for future black antislavery struggles by focusing squarely on these broad concerns . Indeed ...
... slavery and achieving racial equality . The cohort of pamphleteers working between the 1790s and the 1820s established a foundation for future black antislavery struggles by focusing squarely on these broad concerns . Indeed ...
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... slavery , for " this government is founded on principles of liberty and equality . " Those " noble sentiments ' we hold these truths to be self - evident ' , " the Reverend Peter Williams of New York wrote in 1808 , must also be applied ...
... slavery , for " this government is founded on principles of liberty and equality . " Those " noble sentiments ' we hold these truths to be self - evident ' , " the Reverend Peter Williams of New York wrote in 1808 , must also be applied ...
Contents
ABSALOM JONES AND RICHARD ALLEN | 32 |
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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