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Book Letters on American Slavery

Download or read book Letters on American Slavery written by John Rankin and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Letters on American Slavery

Download or read book Letters on American Slavery written by John Rankin and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Rankin was pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ripley and Strait-Creek, in Brown County, Ohio. His brother Thomas was a Virginia businessman. Reverend Rankin wrote these thirteen letters "with the desire of aiding and encouraging every effort for the liberation of the enslaved and degraded Africans." He rebuts the canard that blacks are an inferior race: "What people, in similar circumstances, have ever given stronger marks of genius than are exhibited by the enslaved African of the United States?" By 1838 the book had gone through at least five editions, all of which are far more common than this first edition.

Book Letters on American Slavery  Addressed to Mr  Thomas Rankin  Merchant at Middlebrook  Augusta Co   Va

Download or read book Letters on American Slavery Addressed to Mr Thomas Rankin Merchant at Middlebrook Augusta Co Va written by John Rankin and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-09-07 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.

Book Letters on American Slavery from Victor Hugo  de Tocqueville  Emile de Girardin  Carnot  Passy  Mazzini  Humboldt  O  Lafayette  etc

Download or read book Letters on American Slavery from Victor Hugo de Tocqueville Emile de Girardin Carnot Passy Mazzini Humboldt O Lafayette etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A number of letters by prominent foreigners, all of whom oppose slavery in North America and elsewhere in the world.

Book Letters on American Slavery Addressed to Mr  Thomas Rankin  1833

Download or read book Letters on American Slavery Addressed to Mr Thomas Rankin 1833 written by John Rankin and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Book Letters on American Slavery

Download or read book Letters on American Slavery written by John Rankin and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Blacks in Bondage

Download or read book Blacks in Bondage written by Robert S. Starobin and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The 1974 original publication of Blacks in Bondage: Letters of American Slaves marked a watershed in slavery studies. Before it appeared, historians were resigned to studying American slavery mainly through the testimony of white and the distant recollections of blacks who had been free for many years. It took this compilation of documents, gathered by Robert S. Starobin, to convince historians that it was possible to study American slavery from the perspective of blacks living under it or only recently freed. The letters show that, in spite of legal and practical obstacles, many slaves managed to become literate or else desired to, and that slaves given greater autonomy or the hope of freedom always worked more diligently. The spirit of protest is amply evidenced: Included in the collection are depositions of members of the Gabriel Conspiracy of 1800, a plane for a large-scale slave revolt, which was betrayed from within. The letters are grouped according to the status of their authors at the time of composition, for example, slaves seeking to gain their freedom, fugitives, and freedmen living in Liberia. Starobin's commentaries give the writers' backgrounds and guide the reader in interpreting the texts, many of which conceal subtexts full of mockery and defiance." -- publisher's description.

Book Letters on American slavery  addressed to Mr  J  Rankin     Fifth edition

Download or read book Letters on American slavery addressed to Mr J Rankin Fifth edition written by John RANKIN (Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ripley, Ohio.) and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Letters on American Slavery

Download or read book Letters on American Slavery written by John Rankin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Letters on American Slavery: Addressed to Mr. Thomas Rankin, Merchant at Middlebrook, Augusta, Co;, Va They have received several alterations and additions. And some efforts have been made to render the work more complete than it was in its original form but still, it is far from pos sessing that excellence of composition which the importance of? Its subject requires. There fore, it is desired that its imperfections may be attributed to the weakness of its author, and not to that of the cause it is intended to support. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Letters on American Slavery  Addressed to Mr  Thomas Rankin

Download or read book Letters on American Slavery Addressed to Mr Thomas Rankin written by John Rankin and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Letters on American Slavery  Addressed to Mr  Thomas Rankin  Merchant at Middlebrook  Augusta County  Va

Download or read book Letters on American Slavery Addressed to Mr Thomas Rankin Merchant at Middlebrook Augusta County Va written by John 1793-1886 Rankin and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Letters from the Slave States

Download or read book Letters from the Slave States written by James Stirling and published by London : J.W. Parker and Son. This book was released on 1857 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dear Master

    Book Details:
  • Author : Randall M. Miller
  • Publisher : University of Georgia Press
  • Release : 1990-10-01
  • ISBN : 0820323799
  • Pages : 301 pages

Download or read book Dear Master written by Randall M. Miller and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1990-10-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dear Master" is a rare firsthand look at the values, self-perception, and private life of the black American slave. The fullest known record left by an American slave family, this collection of more than two hundred letters--including seven discovered since the book's original appearance--reveals the relationship of two generations of the Skipwith family with the Virginia planter John Hartwell Cocke. The letters, dating from 1834 to 1865, fall into two groups. The first were written by Peyton Skipwith and his children from Liberia, where they settled after being freed in 1833 by Cocke, a devout Christian and enlightened slaveholder. The letters, which tell of harsh frontier life, reveal the American values the Skipwiths took with them to Africa, and express their faith in Liberia's future and pride in their accomplishments. The second group of letters, written by George Skipwith and his daughter Lucy, originate from Cocke's Alabama plantation, an experimental work community to which Cocke sent his most talented, responsible slaves to prepare them for the moral and educational challenges of emancipation. George, a "privileged bondsman," was a slave driver. His letters about the management of the plantation include reports on the slaves' conduct and any disciplinary actions he took. Readers can sense George's pride in his work and also his ambivalence toward his role as leader in the slave hierarchy. Lucy, Cocke's chief domestic slave, was the plantation nurse and teacher. Her letters, filled with details about spiritual, familial, and health matters, also display her skill at exploiting her master's trust and her uncommon boldness, for she spoke against whites to her master when she felt they hampered his slaves' education. "Dear Master" affirms that these slaves and former slaves were not simply victims; they were actors in a complex human drama. The letters imply trust and affection between master and slave, but there were other motives as well for the letter-writing. The Liberian Skipwiths needed American-made supplies; moreover, the whole family may have viewed their relationship with Cocke as a chance to help free other slaves. In his new preface, Miller reevaluates his book in light of changes in the historiography of American slavery over the past decade.

Book A Love No Less

Download or read book A Love No Less written by Pamela Newkirk and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Delightful paean to African American love, this treasury of fifty letters written by well known figures and ordinary folk alike resonates with the joy and tenderness of romance, and offers glimpses into the social, literary, and political lives of black Americans throughout the last two centuries. An elegantly designed volume, printed in sepia and enhanced with photographs, A LOVE NO LESS presents the letters of African American lovers of all walks of life--from slave letters to the celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth-century poet Paul Laurence Dunbar to soldiers fighting World War II, to notable entertainers, businessmen, and civic leaders. Whether they were penned by literary masters or hastily scribbled by soldiers writing home to their wives or girlfriends, the letters are eloquent expressions of the writers' most intimate feelings and touching revelations of the things that matter most in their lives. A LOVE NO LESS is a testament to black love and to the bonds that endure in the face of physical separation, harsh times, and personal misfortunes. It also provides a peek into the more public arena, as writers tell their lovers about their everyday activities and encounters. Paul Laurence Dunbar writes to his wife about meeting Booker T. Washington and attending a lecture by W. E. B. DuBois. Letters from the Harlem Renaissance capture the excitement and vibrancy of that extraordinary period with stories about dinners, theater parties, shows and social outings with Langston Hughes, Carl Van Vechten and other luminaries. In a letter to her new husband written in the 1930s, stage and screen star Fredi Washington describes seeing a stereo for the first time and recounts hernegotiations for a role in a Paramount film. An enchanting and inspiring look at the power of love to transform and sustain, A LOVE NO LESS is the perfect gift for Valentines Day, anniversaries, birthdays, and weddings, a book that everyone who has ever been in love will treasure.

Book Letters on American Slavery

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Rankin
  • Publisher : Nabu Press
  • Release : 2014-02
  • ISBN : 9781295772384
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Letters on American Slavery written by John Rankin and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.