Martin R. Delany: A Documentary Reader

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Univ of North Carolina Press, 2003 - 507 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 eno

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Part One Pittsburgh the Mystery Freemasonry
23
Prospectus of the Mystery
28
Not Fair
30
Liberty or Death
32
Young Women
33
SelfElevation Tract Society
34
Farewell to Readers of the Mystery
36
Eulogy on the Life and Character of the Rev Fayette Davis
39
Letter to Henry Ward Beecher 17 June 1858
323
Canada Captain John Brown
326
Martin R Delany in Liberia
330
Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party
334
The International Statistical Congress
356
Africa and the African Race
360
Letter to James T Holly 15 January 1861
363
Letter to Robert Hamilton 28 September 1861
366

Its Introduction into the United States and Legitimacy among Colored Men A Treatise Delivered Before St Cyprian Lodge No 13 June 24th AD 1853...
47
Part Two The North Star
67
Western Tour for the North Star
71
True Patriotism
135
Sound the Alarm
139
Liberia
142
Political Economy
147
Domestic Economy
149
Southern Customs Madame Chevalier
155
Annexation of Cuba
158
The Redemption of Cuba
165
Letter to M H Burnham 5 October 1849
168
Delany and Frederick Douglass on Samuel R Ward
173
Part Three Debating Black Emigration
179
Protest against the First Resolution of the North American Convention
185
The Condition Elevation Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States
187
Letter to Oliver Johnson 30 April 1852
215
Letter to William Lloyd Garrison 14 May 1852
217
Letter to Frederick Douglass 10 July 1852
219
Delany and Douglass on Uncle Toms Cabin
222
Letter to Douglass 30 May 1853
236
Call for a National Emigration Convention of Colored Men to Be Held in Cleveland Ohio on the 24th 25th and 26th of August 1854
238
Letter to Douglass 7 November 1853
241
Political Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent
243
Political Aspect of the Colored People of the United States
278
What Does It Mean?
289
Letter to Garrison 19 February 1859
293
Blake or The Huts of America
295
Comets
311
Part Four Africa
313
A Project for an Expedition of Adventure to the Eastern Coast of Africa
318
Letter to James McCune Smith 11 January 1862
368
Letter to the Weekly AngloAfrican 22 January 1862
370
The Moral and Social Aspect of Africa
371
Part Five Civil War and Reconstruction
375
Letter to Edwin M Stanton 15 December 1863
381
The CouncilChamber President Lincoln
383
The Colored Citizens of Xenia
387
Two Documents
390
Prospects of the Freedmen of Hilton Head
394
Triple Alliance The Restoration of the South Salvation of Its Political Economy
399
Letter to the Colored Delegation 22 February 1866
401
Letter to Andrew Johnson 25 July 1866
404
Letter to Henry Highland Garnet 27 July 1867
407
Reflections on the War
409
To the Students of Wilberforce University Being Adapted to the Capacity of the NewlyEnfranchised Citizens the Freedmen
413
Homes for the Freedmen
423
Delany and Frederick Douglass Letter Exchange 1871
429
Delany for Lieutenant Governor
440
The South and Its Foes
446
Delany for Hampton
450
Politics on Edisto Island
454
Part Six The Republic of Liberia
457
Letter on President Warner of Liberia 1866
461
The African Exodus
464
The Origin of Races and Color with an Archeological Compendium of Ethiopian and Egyptian Civilization from Years of Careful Examination and ...
466
Letter to William Coppinger 18 December 1880
482
Chronology
485
Selected Bibliography
489
Index
493
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