(Ebook) Pamphlets of Protest: An Anthology of Early African-American Protest Literature, 1790-1860 by Richard Newman, Patrick Rael, Phillip Lapsansky ISBN 9780415924436, 9780415924443, 041592443X, 0415924448

(Ebook) Pamphlets of Protest: An Anthology of Early African-American Protest Literature, 1790-1860 by Richard Newman, Patrick Rael, Phillip Lapsansky ISBN 9780415924436, 9780415924443, 041592443X, 0415924448

This text examines the pamphleteering tradition and offers insights into how and why the printed word became so important to black activists during 1790-1860."Antebellum African American pamphlet literature broadened the scope and autonomy of black people's responses to their unfree position in US society. The writings reflect a wide variety of themes and convey the ideas set forth by such figures as Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, David Walker, Robert Purvis, Alexander Crummell, Henry Highland Garnet, Maria H. Stewart, David Ruggles, and Mary Ann Shadd. There is insightful material on the role of black women, the underlying issue of racial equality, and on tactical debates as to how slavery was to be fought. Notable is the eloquence, born of a passion for freedom, of a number of these pamphleteers. No reader with any human sensibility can encounter the words of [these authors] without being moved... All in all, this collection is a valuable sourcebook for anyone interested in the leadership people of color provided in the struggle for their own freedom." -- H. Shapiro, emeritus, University of Cincinnati, Choice Richard Newmanis Assistant Professor of History at the Rochester Institute of Technology;Patrick Raelis Assistant Professor of History at Bowdoin College; andPhillip Lapsanskyis an archivist at the Library Company of Philadelphia.