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A Tribute for the Negro

A Tribute for the Negro

Armistead, Wilson

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ISBN10: 1596053445
ISBN13: 9781596053441
Publisher: Cosimo Inc
Published: Nov 1 2005
Pages: 616
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.37 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The purport of the present volume, in contradistinction to the idea of the Negro being designed only for a servile condition, is to demonstrate that the Sable inhabitants of Africa are capable of occupying a position in society very superior to that which has been generally assigned to them. -from the Preface This extraordinary book, first published in 1848, serves as both an angry denunciation of the terrible institution of slavery in the United States and a celebration of the survival and achievements of Africans in America in the pre-Civil War era. A Tribute for the Negro: . explains the sin of slavery . refutes notions of the correlation of intellectual ability to skin color . explores the history of slavery across the globe . discusses the pernicious influence of slavery . mounts an impassioned defense of African culture . offers numerous biographical accounts of slave life in America. An important document of the North American slave experience-and of the abolitionist movement it inspired both in the States and abroad-this is must reading for anyone interested in this most shameful aspect of American history. British writer WILSON ARMISTEAD (1819¬-1868) was a correspondent of Charles Darwin. He also wrote Anthony Benezet (1859).

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