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The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States (Paperback)
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The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States (Paperback)
Series: Classics in Black Studies
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Loot Price R600
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A preeminent African American abolitionist, author, public
intellectual, physician, the highest ranking Black officer during
the Civil War, and a notable activist for the emigration of Blacks
to Africa, Martin Robison Delany has left an enduring legacy in his
writings, the power of his ideas, and his political activism. If
many of his contemporaries were armchair thinkers, Delany went to
Africa to see things for himself. So influential was he during the
nineteenth century that a number of people now refer to him as the
"Father of Black Nationalism." He spent most of his career working
toward the goal of seeking Black emancipation through practical
projects aimed toward returning African Americans to Africa, where
he hoped his people would make a new beginning within the context
of political freedom and a society devoid of racism. Two of his
most influential works on Black nationalism are presented in this
volume. The Condition, Elevation, and Destiny of the Colored People
of the United States (1852) presents Delany's separatist views. To
many scholars of African American political thought, this book
marks the origin of Black nationalism in print. However, its scope
is much broader than this single focus might suggest. It is the
first book-length study to present an account of the economic and
political status of Blacks in the United States. Because of the
intractable nature of U.S. racism and the deplorable living
conditions of most African Americans, Delany concludes by
recommending emigration of African Americans to Central America.
Some years later Delany turned to Africa as the better choice for
relocation of Black Americans. Based on an exploratory journey he
took to West Africa in1859, he wrote Official Report of the Niger
Valley Exploring Party. The report provides clear information on
the conditions in West Africa of that time to give immigrants an
idea of what they would encounter. He describes the way of life,
diseases and their treatment, climate, soil, animals, plants, and
peoples. He also provides an impressive amount of data on how to
improve agriculture, land, ventilation, and housing to promote
better living standards. Taken together, these two provocative and
intriguing nineteenth-century documents shed much light on the
Black nationalism movement in the context of African American
history.
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