Black writers of the founding era, 1760-1800 / James G. Basker, editor with Nicole Seary ; foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed.
2023
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Black writers of the founding era, 1760-1800 / James G. Basker, editor with Nicole Seary ; foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed.
Added Author
Basker, James G., editor.
Seary, Nicole A., editor.
Gordon-Reed, Annette, writer of foreword.
Seary, Nicole A., editor.
Gordon-Reed, Annette, writer of foreword.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : The Library of America, 2023.
Copyright
©2023
Description
lxi, 706 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 21 cm.
Series
Library of America ; 366.
Formatted Contents Note
Briton Hammon
Jupiter Hammon
Phillis Cogswell
Phillis Wheatley
Cesar Lyndon
Arthur
Andrew, "A Negro Servant"
Newton Prince
Richard Peronneau
Lucy Pernam
James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
Sip Wood
Felix Holbrook
"The Sons of Africa"
Cuffee Wright
Peter Bestes, Sambo Freeman, Felix Holbrook, and Chester Joie
"Crispus Attucks"
Phillis Wheatley
Kudjo Holms
"A Son of Africa"
"A Great Number of Blacks"
Cesar Sarter
Bristol Lambee
Lemuel Haynes
Antonio Muray
Scipio Fayerweather
Sezor Phelps
Lancaster Hill, Peter Bess, Brister Slenser, Prince Hall, and others
Prince Demah
Jupiter Hammon
Prince Hall
Judea Moore
Ofodobendo Wooma, or "Andrew, a member of the Moravian church"
Prime and Prince
Great Prince, Little Prince, Luke, and others
Pomp
Phillis Wheatley and John Peters
Nero Brewster and "Others, natives of Africa"
Adam
John Cuffe and Paul Cuffe
"The poor and oppressed Negro servants"
Thomas Nichols
Murphy Stiel
"A Black Whig"
Cato
"Negroes who obtained freedom"
"An African American"
Cudjo Vernon
"An Œthiopian"
Belinda Sutton
"Vox Africanorum"
Judith Jackson
Ned Griffin
Prince Hall
Absalom Jones
Sarah Greene
John Marrant
Jane Coggeshall
Johnson Green
Jupiter Hammon
Presence Flucker
James Armistead Lafayette
Anthony Taylor and the Free African Union Society of Newport
Daphney Demah
Absalom Jones and Richard Allen
Cyrus Bustill
"Humanio"
"A number of Black inhabitants of Providence"
"The Blacks of New Haven City"
Olaudah Equiano
James Durham
Bristol Yamma and James McKenzie
Margaret Blucke
Benjamin Banneker
"Africanus"
Cyrus Bustill, William White, and others
Cynthia Cuffee
Yamboo
Thomas Peters
Thomas Cole, Peter Bassnett Matthews, and Matthew Webb
"J.-B."
Absalom Jones and others
David Simpson
Stephen Blucke
George Liele
Susana Smith and Sarah Peters
Prince Hall
John Moore
David George
John Morris, William Morris, and others
Absalom Jones and Richard Allen
Citizens of South Carolina
Peter McNelly
Cato Hanker
Absalom Jones and others
Judith Cocks
Margaret Lee
The African Society
James Hemings
William Hamilton
Anonymous
Boston King
Richard Allen
Anonymous
Jupiter Nicholson, Jacob Nicholson, Job Albert, and Thomas Pritchet
Harry Cuff, and Cato
Prince Hall
Margaret Moore
Abraham Johnstone
Patty Gipson
Abraham Jones
Venture Smith
Primus Grant and others
Lemuel Haynes
John Carruthers Stanly
Lemuel Overnton
Joshua Johnson
William Godfrey
Richard Allen
The people of colour, Freemen within the city and suburbs of Philadelphia
James Forten
George Middleton
Sylvia
Andrew Bryan.
Jupiter Hammon
Phillis Cogswell
Phillis Wheatley
Cesar Lyndon
Arthur
Andrew, "A Negro Servant"
Newton Prince
Richard Peronneau
Lucy Pernam
James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
Sip Wood
Felix Holbrook
"The Sons of Africa"
Cuffee Wright
Peter Bestes, Sambo Freeman, Felix Holbrook, and Chester Joie
"Crispus Attucks"
Phillis Wheatley
Kudjo Holms
"A Son of Africa"
"A Great Number of Blacks"
Cesar Sarter
Bristol Lambee
Lemuel Haynes
Antonio Muray
Scipio Fayerweather
Sezor Phelps
Lancaster Hill, Peter Bess, Brister Slenser, Prince Hall, and others
Prince Demah
Jupiter Hammon
Prince Hall
Judea Moore
Ofodobendo Wooma, or "Andrew, a member of the Moravian church"
Prime and Prince
Great Prince, Little Prince, Luke, and others
Pomp
Phillis Wheatley and John Peters
Nero Brewster and "Others, natives of Africa"
Adam
John Cuffe and Paul Cuffe
"The poor and oppressed Negro servants"
Thomas Nichols
Murphy Stiel
"A Black Whig"
Cato
"Negroes who obtained freedom"
"An African American"
Cudjo Vernon
"An Œthiopian"
Belinda Sutton
"Vox Africanorum"
Judith Jackson
Ned Griffin
Prince Hall
Absalom Jones
Sarah Greene
John Marrant
Jane Coggeshall
Johnson Green
Jupiter Hammon
Presence Flucker
James Armistead Lafayette
Anthony Taylor and the Free African Union Society of Newport
Daphney Demah
Absalom Jones and Richard Allen
Cyrus Bustill
"Humanio"
"A number of Black inhabitants of Providence"
"The Blacks of New Haven City"
Olaudah Equiano
James Durham
Bristol Yamma and James McKenzie
Margaret Blucke
Benjamin Banneker
"Africanus"
Cyrus Bustill, William White, and others
Cynthia Cuffee
Yamboo
Thomas Peters
Thomas Cole, Peter Bassnett Matthews, and Matthew Webb
"J.-B."
Absalom Jones and others
David Simpson
Stephen Blucke
George Liele
Susana Smith and Sarah Peters
Prince Hall
John Moore
David George
John Morris, William Morris, and others
Absalom Jones and Richard Allen
Citizens of South Carolina
Peter McNelly
Cato Hanker
Absalom Jones and others
Judith Cocks
Margaret Lee
The African Society
James Hemings
William Hamilton
Anonymous
Boston King
Richard Allen
Anonymous
Jupiter Nicholson, Jacob Nicholson, Job Albert, and Thomas Pritchet
Harry Cuff, and Cato
Prince Hall
Margaret Moore
Abraham Johnstone
Patty Gipson
Abraham Jones
Venture Smith
Primus Grant and others
Lemuel Haynes
John Carruthers Stanly
Lemuel Overnton
Joshua Johnson
William Godfrey
Richard Allen
The people of colour, Freemen within the city and suburbs of Philadelphia
James Forten
George Middleton
Sylvia
Andrew Bryan.
Summary
"For too long, African Americans have been left out of the story of the nation's founding, their voices absent from the memory and celebration of the creation of the American republic. Black Writers of the Founding Era--by far the richest and most expansive anthology of its kind ever assembled--restores these voices. The writings gathered here reveal the complexity and dynamism of African American life and culture in the period and show how the principles of the American Revolution were seized upon and enlarged by Black Americans from the very beginning. Here are writers both enslaved and free, loyalist and patriot, women and men, Northern and Southern: soldiers, seamen, and veterans; painters, poets, and preachers; cooks, hairdressers, farmers, and many more. Alongside such better known works as Phillis Wheatley's poems and Benjamin Banneker's mathematical and scientific puzzles are dozens of first-person narratives offering a variety of Black perspectives on the political events of the times. These bold and eloquent contributions to public debate about the meanings of the Revolution and the republican values that gave rise to it dramatize the many ways in which protest and activism have always been integral for Black Americans. Intimate diaries and letters, many never before published, tell more private stories, indelibly altering our understanding of the lived experience of this crucial time in our history. A foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed and an introduction by James G. Basker, along with introductory headnotes and explanatory notes drawing on recent scholarship, illuminate these indispensable works. A 16-page color photo insert presents portraits of some of the writers and images of the original manuscripts, broadsides, and books in which their words are preserved." -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 643-674) and index.
Call Number
Non-Fiction
Language
English
ISBN
9781598537345 (print)
1598537342 (print)
9781598537895 (printing for Gilder Lehrman Institute)
159853789X (printing for Gilder Lehrman Institute)
1598537342 (print)
9781598537895 (printing for Gilder Lehrman Institute)
159853789X (printing for Gilder Lehrman Institute)