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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... freedom , a more just claim . Coker sublimates his black perspective into a scales - of - justice argument . And on that high plane , human freedom must win . Coker's " Dialogue " makes two points seminal to early pamphleteers : slavery ...
... freedom , a more just claim . Coker sublimates his black perspective into a scales - of - justice argument . And on that high plane , human freedom must win . Coker's " Dialogue " makes two points seminal to early pamphleteers : slavery ...
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... freedom struggle . Activists from Forten's and Coker's generation were the first blacks to speak consistently for the race in public . Their literary struggle appropriated the black public voice from white leaders , who traditionally ...
... freedom struggle . Activists from Forten's and Coker's generation were the first blacks to speak consistently for the race in public . Their literary struggle appropriated the black public voice from white leaders , who traditionally ...
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... freedom . " Must I read the Declaration to you ? !! " Walker asks incredulously . Despite his edgy tone , however , Walker returns again and again to a model of logic which calls upon the writer to demonstrate the fallacy of another's ...
... freedom . " Must I read the Declaration to you ? !! " Walker asks incredulously . Despite his edgy tone , however , Walker returns again and again to a model of logic which calls upon the writer to demonstrate the fallacy of another's ...
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... freedom , rights , and equality . They would never gain freedom by relying on white stewardship . Often criticized by other activists , such nationalist voices were muted in black conventions and in black newspapers . Garnet's " Address ...
... freedom , rights , and equality . They would never gain freedom by relying on white stewardship . Often criticized by other activists , such nationalist voices were muted in black conventions and in black newspapers . Garnet's " Address ...
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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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