Martin R. Delany

by Delany, Martin R.; Levine, Robert S.

• ISBN13: 9780807827635
• ISBN10: 0807827630
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

This is the first comprehensive collection of writings by Martin Delany, one of the nineteenth century's most influential African American leaders. Levine presents nearly 100 documents, two-thirds of which have not been reprinted since their initial publications.

Author Biography

Robert S. Levine is professor of English and director of graduate studies at the University of Maryland, College Park

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
A Note on the Texts	p. 23
Pittsburgh, the Mystery, Freemasonry	p. 25
Prospectus of the Mystery	p. 30
Not Fair	p. 32
Liberty or Death	p. 34
Young Women	p. 35
Self-Elevation Tract Society	p. 36
Farewell to Readers of the Mystery	p. 38
Eulogy on the Life and Character of the Rev. Fayette Davis	p. 41
The Origin and Objects of Ancient Freemasonry	p. 49
The North Star	p. 69
Western Tour for the North Star	p. 73
True Patriotism	p. 137
Sound the Alarm	p. 141
Liberia	p. 144
Political Economy	p. 149
Domestic Economy	p. 151
Southern Customs--Madame Chevalier	p. 157
Annexation of Cuba	p. 160
The Redemption of Cuba	p. 167
Letter to M. H. Burnham, 5 October 1849	p. 170
Delany and Frederick Douglass on Samuel R. Ward	p. 175
Debating Black Emigration	p. 181
Protest against the First Resolution of the North American Convention	p. 187
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States	p. 189
Letter to Oliver Johnson, 30 April 1852	p. 217
Letter to William Lloyd Garrison, 14 May 1852	p. 219
Letter to Frederick Douglass, 10 July 1852	p. 221
Delany and Douglass on Uncle Tom's Cabin	p. 224
Letter to Douglass, 30 May 1853	p. 238
Call for a National Emigration Convention of Colored Men	p. 240
Letter to Douglass, 7 November 1853	p. 243
Political Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent	p. 245
Political Aspect of the Colored People of the United States	p. 280
What Does It Mean?	p. 291
Letter to Garrison, 19 February 1859	p. 295
Blake; or, The Huts of America	p. 297
Comets	p. 313
Africa	p. 315
A Project for an Expedition of Adventure	p. 320
Letter to Henry Ward Beecher, 17 June 1858	p. 325
Canada--Captain John Brown	p. 328
Martin R. Delany in Liberia	p. 332
Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party	p. 336
The International Statistical Congress	p. 358
Africa and the African Race	p. 362
Letter to James T. Holly, 15 January 1861	p. 365
Letter to Robert Hamilton, 28 September 1861	p. 368
Letter to James McCune Smith, 11 January 1862	p. 370
Letter to the Weekly Anglo-African, 22 January 1862	p. 372
The Moral and Social Aspect of Africa	p. 373
Civil War and Reconstruction	p. 377
Letter to Edwin M. Stanton, 15 December 1863	p. 383
The Council-Chamber--President Lincoln	p. 385
The Colored Citizens of Xenia	p. 389
Monument to President Lincoln: Two Documents	p. 392
Prospects of the Freedmen of Hilton Head	p. 396
Triple Alliance	p. 401
Letter to the Colored Delegation, 22 February 1866	p. 403
Letter to Andrew Johnson, 25 July 1866	p. 406
Letter to Henry Highland Garnet, 27 July 1867	p. 409
Reflections on the War	p. 411
University Pamphlets	p. 415
Homes for the Freedmen	p. 425
Delany and Frederick Douglass, Letter Exchange, 1871	p. 431
Delany for Lieutenant Governor: Two Speeches	p. 442
The South and Its Foes	p. 448
Delany for Hampton	p. 452
Politics on Edisto Island	p. 456
The Republic of Liberia	p. 459
Letter on President Warner of Liberia, 1866	p. 463
The African Exodus	p. 466
Principia of Ethnology: The Origin of Races and Color	p. 468
Letter to William Coppinger, 18 December 1880	p. 484
Chronology	p. 487
Selected Bibliography	p. 491
Index	p. 495
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