The Black Abolitionist Papers

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Description

This five-volume documentary collection--culled from an international archival search that turned up over 14,000 letters, speeches, pamphlets, essays, and newspaper editorials--reveals how black abolitionists represented the core of the antislavery movement. While the first two volumes consider black abolitionists in the British Isles and Canada (the home of some 60,000 black Americans on the eve of the Civil War), the remaining volumes examine the activities and opinions of black abolitionists in the United States from 1830 until the end of the Civil War. In particular, these volumes focus on their reactions to African colonization and the idea of gradual emancipation, the Fugitive Slave Law, and the promise brought by emancipation during the war.

Sujets

• 19th Century
• Histoire
• Canadá
• Fugitive slave laws
• British Isles
• Canada
• United States
• Civil War
• History

Informations

• Publié par: The University of North Carolina Press
• Date de parution: 09 novembre 2000
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798890866486
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

Extrait

The Black Abolitionist Papers

Board of Editorial Advisors

Irving H. Bartlett John W. Blassingame E. David Cronon Helen G. Edmonds Lawrence J. Friedman William R. Jones Leon F. Litwack Philip Morgan William H. Pease Lewis Perry Dorothy B. Porter Benjamin Quarles Joe M. Richardson George Shepperson James Morton Smith Jerome Stern Howard Temperley Earl E. Thorpe Robin Winks Esmond Wright

The Black Abolitionist Papers

V O L U M E I I I The United States, 1830–1846

C. Peter Ripley,Editor Roy E. Finkenbine,Associate Editor Michael F. Hembree,Assistant Editor Donald Yacovone,Assistant Editor

The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill and London

© 1991 The University of North Carolina Press

All rights reserved

The paper used in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.

Printed in the United States of America

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data (Revised for vol. 3)

The Black abolitionist papers.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents: v. 1. The British Isles, 1830–1865—v. 2. Canada, 1830–1865—v. 3. The United States, 1830–1846. 1. Slavery—United States—Antislavery movements— Sources. 2. Abolitionists—United States—History—19th century—Sources. 3. Abolitionists—History—19th century— Sources. 4. AfroAmericans—History—To 1863— Sources. I. Ripley, C. Peter, 1941– E449.B624 1 9 8 5 973'.0496 8413131 ISBN 0807816256 (v. 1) ISBN 0807816981 (v. 2) ISBN 0807819263 (v. 3)

The preparation and publication of this volume were made possible in part by grants from the Program for Editions and the Division of Research Programs of the National Endowment for the Hu manities, an independent federal agency, and by grants from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, The Florida State University, the Ford Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation.

For John W. Blassingame, friend and colleague

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Illustrations xv

Maps xvi

Acknowledgments xvii

Abbreviations xix

Editorial Statement xxv

Introduction to the American Series: Black Abolitionists in the United States, 1830–1865 3

Documents

The Colonization Controversy: John B. Russwurm to [Edward Jones], 20 March 1830; Joseph R. Dailey to Robert Purvis, 12 April 1833

James Forten to William Lloyd Garrison, 31 December 1830, 6 May 1832

William Watkins to William Lloyd Garrison, 12 February 1831

William Watkins to William Lloyd Garrison, May 1831

Address by Abraham D. Shadd, Peter Spencer, and William S. Thomas, 12 July 1831

Address by Abraham D. Shadd, William Hamilton, and William Whipper, 13 June 1832

Speech by Sarah M. Douglass, Delivered before the Female Literary Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [June 1832]

Speech by William Whipper, Delivered before the Colored Temperance Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 8 January 1834

Constitution of the Colored AntiSlavery Society of Newark, 9 May 1834

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10. James R. Bradley to Lydia Maria Child, 3 June 1834 11. Sarah L. Forten to Elizabeth H. Whittier, 23 March 1835 12. Address by William Whipper, Alfred Niger, and Augustus Price, 3 June 1835 13. Speech by James Forten, Jr., Delivered before the Philadelphia Female AntiSlavery Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 14 April 1836 14. Founding the New York Committee of Vigilance: David Ruggles to Editor, New YorkSun,[July 1836]; Resolutions by Thomas Van Rensellaer, Jacob Francis, and David Ruggles, Delivered at Phoenix Hall, New York, New York, 27 September 1836; Proceedings of a Meeting of the New York Committee of Vigilance, Convened at 165 Chapel Street, New York, New York, 21 November 1836 15. Theodore S. Wright and Racial Prejudice: Theodore S. Wright to Archibald Alexander, 11 October 1836; Speech by Theodore S. Wright, Delivered at the Bleecker Street Church, Utica, New York, 20 October 1836 16. Address by William Watkins, Jacob M. Moore, and Jacob C. White, Sr., [November 1836] 17. Sarah L. Forten to Elizabeth H. Whittier, 25 December 1836 18. Speech by Charles W. Gardner, Delivered at the Broadway Tabernacle, New York, New York, 9 May 1837 19. Editorial by Samuel E. Cornish, 4 March 1837 20. Editorial by Samuel E. Cornish, 4 March 1837 21. Sarah L. Forten to Angelina E. Grimké, 15 April 1837 22. Debating the Causes of Racial Prejudice: “W.” to Samuel E. Cornish, [June 1837]; Editorial by Samuel E. Cornish, 8 July 1837 23. William Watkins to Samuel E. Cornish, 8 June 1837 24. “A Colored American” to Samuel E. Cornish, 2 August 1837 25. Speech by William Whipper, Delivered at the First African Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 16 August 1837 26. Memorial by Charles W. Gardner and Frederick A. Hinton, 6 January 1838

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