Classical Black Nationalism: From the American Revolution to Marcus Garvey

276 Pages·1996·13.879 MB·English

by  Wilson Jeremiah Moses

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Classical Black
Nationalism
From the American Revolution
to Marcus Garvey
Edited by
Wilson Jeremiah Moses
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New York University Press | New York and London
The following letters are used with the permission of the Board
of Trustees of the New Bedford Free Public Library:
Paul Cuffe to Peter Williams, August 30, 1816
Paul Cuffe to James Forten, January 8, 1817
James Forten to Paul Cuffe, January 25, 1817
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Classical Black nationalism : from the American Revolution to Marcus
Garvey / edited by Wilson Jeremiah Moses.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8147-5524-0 (cloth : alk. paper). — ISBN 0-8147-5533-X
(pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Afro-Americans—History—Sources. 2. Black nationalism—United
States—History—Sources. 3. Pan-Africanism—History—Sources.
I. Moses, Wilson Jeremiah, 1942—
E148.6.C62 1996
973'.0496073—dc20 95-44335
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
One The Colonization and Emigration Controversy,
Preclassical Period.
1. Notes on the State of Virginia (1781-82) 45
2. Letters to Peter Williams Jr. (1816) and James
Forten (1817) 48
Paul Cuffe
3. Letter to Paul Cuffe (1817) 50
James Forten
. Mutability of Human Affairs (1827) 53
5. The Ethiopian Manifesto (1829) 60
Robert Alexander Young
6. An Appeal in Four Articles (1830) 68
David Walker
7. Address at the African Masonic Hall (1833) 90
Two Classical Black Natwnalism, 1850-62
8. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny
of the Colored People of the United States (1852) 101
1 Martin R. Delany —
9. Obiter Dictum on the Dred Scott Case (1857) 125
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10. A Vindication of the Capacity of the Negro Race
for Self-Government and Civilized Progress
(1857) 131
James T. Holly
1 African Civilization Society (1859) 135
Frederick Douglass |
12. Address at Cooper’s Institute (1860) 142
Henry Highland Garnet
13. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring
Party (1861) 145
Martin R. Delany
14. The Progress of Civilization along the West Coast
of Africa (1861) 169
Alexander Crummell
5: The Call of Providence to the Descendants of Africa
in America (1862) 188
Edward Wilmot Blyden
16. Address on Colonization to a Deputation of
Colored Men (1862) 209
Abraham Lincoln
ie An Open Letter to the Colored People (1862) 215
DanielA . Payne
Three Black Nationalist Revival, 1895-1925
18. The American Negro and His Fatherland (1895) 221
Henry McNeal Turner
19: The Conservation of Races (1897) 228
W. E. B. Du Bors
20. Address at Newport News (1919) 241
Marcus Garvey
Index 251