Martin R. Delany: A Documentary ReaderRobert S. Levine Univ of North Carolina Press, 20 nov 2003 - 520 pagina's Martin R. Delany (1812-85) has been called the "Father of Black Nationalism," but his extraordinary career also encompassed the roles of abolitionist, physician, editor, explorer, politician, army officer, novelist, and political theorist. Despite his enormous influence in the nineteenth century, and his continuing influence on black nationalist thought in the twentieth century, Delany has remained a relatively obscure figure in U.S. culture, generally portrayed as a radical separatist at odds with the more integrationist Frederick Douglass. This pioneering documentary collection offers readers a chance to discover, or rediscover, Delany in all his complexity. Through nearly 100 documents--approximately two-thirds of which have not been reprinted since their initial nineteenth-century publications--it traces the full sweep of his fascinating career. Included are selections from Delany's early journalism, his emigrationist writings of the 1850s, his 1859-62 novel, Blake (one of the first African American novels published in the United States), and his later writings on Reconstruction. Incisive and shrewd, angry and witty, Delany's words influenced key nineteenth-century debates on race and nation, addressing issues that remain pressing in our own time. |
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... for an Expedition of Adventure 320 Letter to Henry Ward Beecher, 17 June 1858 325 Canada.—Captain John Brown 328 Martin R. Delany in Liberia 332 Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party 336 The vi Contents.
... for an Expedition of Adventure 320 Letter to Henry Ward Beecher, 17 June 1858 325 Canada.—Captain John Brown 328 Martin R. Delany in Liberia 332 Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party 336 The vi Contents.
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... John McKivigan and Rachel Drenovsky of the Frederick Douglass Papers at Indiana University for supplying me with a copy of the Douglass essay that inspired Delany's “What Does It Mean?” For their wise counsel and support, I am grateful ...
... John McKivigan and Rachel Drenovsky of the Frederick Douglass Papers at Indiana University for supplying me with a copy of the Douglass essay that inspired Delany's “What Does It Mean?” For their wise counsel and support, I am grateful ...
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... John Ernest and Roy Finkenbine, whose suggestions had a significant impact on my final revisions. For her expert editorial help (and good spirits) at the final stages of production, I would also like to thank Mary Caviness, and for her ...
... John Ernest and Roy Finkenbine, whose suggestions had a significant impact on my final revisions. For her expert editorial help (and good spirits) at the final stages of production, I would also like to thank Mary Caviness, and for her ...
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... regularly for Mary Ann Shadd Cary's Provincial Freeman, and met with the radical abolitionist John Brown to discuss the possibility of fomenting a slave insurrection in the United States. During the late 1850s his views. Introduction.
... regularly for Mary Ann Shadd Cary's Provincial Freeman, and met with the radical abolitionist John Brown to discuss the possibility of fomenting a slave insurrection in the United States. During the late 1850s his views. Introduction.
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... John Brown and gave serious consideration to working with him to bring about a slave revolution in the United States. Once he determined to travel to Africa, Delany communicated with Henry Ward Beecher and other white leaders in an ...
... John Brown and gave serious consideration to working with him to bring about a slave revolution in the United States. Once he determined to travel to Africa, Delany communicated with Henry Ward Beecher and other white leaders in an ...
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The North Star | 69 |
Debating Black Emigration | 181 |
Africa | 315 |
Civil War and Reconstruction | 377 |
The Republic of Liberia | 459 |
Chronology | 487 |
Selected Bibliography | 491 |
Index | 495 |
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