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1 online resource (pages cm) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"Born into slavery in Hampton County, Virginia, orphaned soon thereafter, and raised for almost two years among Native Americans, the charismatic Rev. Peter Thomas Stanford (c. 1860-May 20, 1909) rose from humble and challenging beginnings to emerge as an inventive and passionate activist and educator who championed social justice. During the post- Reconstruction era and early twentieth century, Stanford traversed the United States, Canada, and England advocating for the rights of African Americans, including access to educational opportunities; attainment of the full rights and privileges of citizenship; protections from racial violence, social stereotyping, and a predatory legal system; and recognition of the artistic contributions that have shaped national culture and earned global renown. His imprint on working-class urban residents, Afro-Canadian settlements, and African American communities survives in the institutions he led and the works that presented his imaginative, literate, ardent, and often comic voice. With a reflection by Highgate Baptist Church's former pastor, Rev. Dr. Paul Walker, this collection highlights Stanford's writings: sermons, lectures, newspaper columns, entertainments, and memoirs. Editors Barbara McCaskill and Sidonia Serafini annotate his life and work throughout the volume, placing him within the context of his peers as a writer and editor. As an American expatriate, Stanford was seminal in redirecting antislavery activism into an international antilynching movement and a global campaign to dismantle slavery and slave trading. This book squarely inserts this influential thinker and activist in the African American literary canon"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Man of Many Faces -- Editorial Note -- PART 1. Canada, 1881-1883 -- The Plea of the Ex-Slaves Now in Canada (1885) -- PART 2. Great Britain, 1883-1895 -- From Bondage to Liberty (1889) -- Pulpit and Pew newspaper column on Stanford's baptism of a Chinaman (1891) -- Letter to the Editor about a lecture by Stanford (1893) -- PART 3. The United States, 1895-1909 -- Excerpts from The Tragedy of the Negro in America (1903) -- Chapter 10, "The Negro of the South" |
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"The Georgia Convicts: A Colored Critic on the Apology for the Lease System" -- "Future of the Negro" (1899) -- "Why the Negro Should Study the Politics of This Country" (1904) -- "Educate the Negro" (1903) -- Epilogue: "The Least of These" by Rev. Paul W alker -- The Stanfords' Lives and Times: A Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Stanford, P. Thomas (Peter Thomas) |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
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Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
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African American educators -- Biography.
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African American Baptists -- Biography.
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African American clergy -- Biography.
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Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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African American Baptists |
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African American clergy |
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African American educators |
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African Americans -- Civil rights |
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Baptists -- Clergy |
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Race relations |
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Social reformers |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
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1800-1899 |
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Biographies
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History
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Stanford, P. Thomas (Peter Thomas).
Works. Selections.
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Walker, Paul, Rev., editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjxPkXhV8k8BKk7TW6dB8C
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Serafini, Sidonia, 1992- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjt9mKq8RWxgdhX9QvBKFq
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McCaskill, Barbara, editor.
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Project Muse. distributor.
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| ISBN |
0820356549 |
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0820356557 |
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9780820356556 |
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9780820356549 (electronic bk.) |
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