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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... he was identified,” and who “has given us the standard of measurement of all the men of our race, past, present, and to come, in the work of negro elevation in the United States of America.” Holly was not alone 2 Introduction.
... he was identified,” and who “has given us the standard of measurement of all the men of our race, past, present, and to come, in the work of negro elevation in the United States of America.” Holly was not alone 2 Introduction.
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... present time.2 Payne's image here of Delany as a vitriolic, race-conscious black man was shared by a number of other notable African American leaders of the time. In 1861 the novelist, historian, and black abolitionist William Wells ...
... present time.2 Payne's image here of Delany as a vitriolic, race-conscious black man was shared by a number of other notable African American leaders of the time. In 1861 the novelist, historian, and black abolitionist William Wells ...
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... present degradation and bondage of the people of color in these United States; that the intellectual capacity of the black man is equal to that of the white, and that he is equally susceptible of improvement.”1 The commitment to black ...
... present degradation and bondage of the people of color in these United States; that the intellectual capacity of the black man is equal to that of the white, and that he is equally susceptible of improvement.”1 The commitment to black ...
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... present day. To say nothing about the disadvantage that would naturally arise to the few, while the many continued in slavery and degradation; yet, when Mr. Jefferson, the 'apostle of democracy,' was asked by a British statesman, 'Why ...
... present day. To say nothing about the disadvantage that would naturally arise to the few, while the many continued in slavery and degradation; yet, when Mr. Jefferson, the 'apostle of democracy,' was asked by a British statesman, 'Why ...
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... present state, to say the least of it, we have done as much as Greece, Rome, England or America. (from the Mystery; reprinted in the Liberator, 20 October 1843, p. 1) Liberty or Death The following anecdote was related to us Not Fair 33.
... present state, to say the least of it, we have done as much as Greece, Rome, England or America. (from the Mystery; reprinted in the Liberator, 20 October 1843, p. 1) Liberty or Death The following anecdote was related to us Not Fair 33.
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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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