Speak Out In Thunder Tones: Letters And Other Writings By Black Northerners, 178

Description: Speak Out In Thunder Tones by Dorothy Sterling "This impressive collection, drawn from a wealth of original research into previously untapped sources--including letters, diaries, memoirs, speeches, poems, songs, newspaper articles, advertisements, a" FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This impressive collection, drawn from a wealth of original research into previously untapped sources,including letters, diaries, memoirs, speeches, poems, songs, newspaper articles, advertisements, a ships log, and official documents,allows African Americans to speak afresh across more than two centuries. Besides the expected voices of Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth, this book makes vivid the experiences and views of a diverse range of lesser-known but equally fascinating personalities: Ira Aldridge, one of the great Shakespearean actors of his day William Allen, the first black college professor in the country the astronomer and mathematician Benjamin Banneker Paul Cuffe, owner of a fleet of merchant ships Martin R. Delany, the father of black nationalism James Forten, war veteran, inventor, and one of the wealthiest men in America the militant Henry Highland Garnet, who urged slaves to revolt the poet Phillis Wheatley, as well as ordinary free blacks, fugitive slaves, soldiers, wives, mothers, pioneers, sailors, and numerous others. The editor has forged her material into a documentary history as dramatic as it is memorable. Table of Contents Beloved Africans (1787-1830) * We Have No City! No Country! * The dust of Africa Lodged on Our Rigging * The Impassable Barrier * A Life of Ones Own Colored Americans (1830-40) * Our Claims Are on America * Wash Me White * Strivingfor What? * Tales of Woe We Are Men (1840-50) * We Need More Radicalism * On the Antislavery Circuit * Hug Those Gentlemen! * Kidnappers! * Time for a Change Some People, Ordinary and Extraordinary * The Black Family * Making It in the North * Black Pioneers * Globetrotters * Gift of Story and Song It Was Nation Time (1850-60) * Black is a Very Pretty Color * School Days * I Intend to Fight * The Colored Patiots * By Any Means Necessary * Where Shall We Go? O, Freedom (1861-65) * A White Mans War * Many Thousands Gone * The Colored Volunteer * Copperhead, Johnny Reb and Uncle Sam * They Also Served * VictoryWhat Then? Long Description This impressive collection, drawn from a wealth of original research into previously untapped sources,including letters, diaries, memoirs, speeches, poems, songs, newspaper articles, advertisements, a ships log, and official documents,allows African Americans to speak afresh across more than two centuries. Besides the expected voices of Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth, this book makes vivid the experiences and views of a diverse range of lesser-known but equally fascinating personalities: Ira Aldridge, one of the great Shakespearean actors of his day William Allen, the first black college professor in the country the astronomer and mathematician Benjamin Banneker Paul Cuffe, owner of a fleet of merchant ships Martin R. Delany, the father of black nationalism James Forten, war veteran, inventor, and one of the wealthiest men in America the militant Henry Highland Garnet, who urged slaves to revolt the poet Phillis Wheatley, as well as ordinary free blacks, fugitive slaves, soldiers, wives, mothers, pioneers, sailors, and numerous others. The editor has forged her material into a documentary history as dramatic as it is memorable. Details ISBN030680820X Short Title SPEAK OUT IN THUNDER TONES Language English ISBN-10 030680820X ISBN-13 9780306808203 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 1998 Author Dorothy Sterling Imprint Da Capo Press Inc Place of Publication Cambridge, MA Birth 1913 Subtitle Letters And Other Writings By Black Northerners, 1787-1865 Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780306808203 UK Release Date 1998-03-22 US Release Date 1998-03-22 Pages 416 Publisher Hachette Books Publication Date 1998-03-22 DEWEY 973.0496073 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education NZ Release Date 1998-03-21 AU Release Date 1998-03-21 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:7023680;

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