Before the Mayflower; a History of Black AmericaTraces black history from its origins in the great empires of western Africa, the transatlantic journey to slavery, through Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, and the civil rights upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s. |
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Page 140
... Douglass ' female admirers , he added , “ exceed the bounds of propriety or delicacy as far as appearances are con ... Frederick Douglass started publishing the North Star in Rochester , New York . From that year until the abolition of ...
... Douglass ' female admirers , he added , “ exceed the bounds of propriety or delicacy as far as appearances are con ... Frederick Douglass started publishing the North Star in Rochester , New York . From that year until the abolition of ...
Page 148
... Douglass and other black abolitionists came to grips with dilemmas which lie deep in the Negro's heart . Frederick Douglass asked the old and insistent ques- tions : " How can I sing the Lord's song in a strange land ? " The answers ...
... Douglass and other black abolitionists came to grips with dilemmas which lie deep in the Negro's heart . Frederick Douglass asked the old and insistent ques- tions : " How can I sing the Lord's song in a strange land ? " The answers ...
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... Frederick Douglass spoke and others , but the words lacked fire ; all minds were locked on Lincoln . Eight o'clock came and nine and nine- thirty and ten , and still there was no word from Washington . Peo- ple who were given to saying ...
... Frederick Douglass spoke and others , but the words lacked fire ; all minds were locked on Lincoln . Eight o'clock came and nine and nine- thirty and ten , and still there was no word from Washington . Peo- ple who were given to saying ...
Contents
THE AFRICAN PAST | 3 |
BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER | 29 |
THE NEGRO IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | 48 |
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