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By the early 1850s, the former slave James W.C. Pennington had become an internationally prominent African American minister, abolitionist and reformer. With its scathing analysis of the chattel system, gripping account of his escape, and inspirational story of self-education and conversion to an activist faith, Pennington's autobiography, The Fugitive Blacksmith (1849), found readers on both sides of the Atlantic. Pennington's second major work, A Text Book of the Origin and History of the Colored People (1841), pioneered a new kind of Black history. However, during the Civil War era, Pennington's star declined, and after Reconstruction, he was largely forgotten. This volume offers the first-ever modern edition of The Fugitive Blacksmith and A Text Book, alongside other selections of Pennington's essential sermons, speeches, and journalistic contributions, and an introduction by the volume editors. The volume provides readers the rich biographical and historical background, as well as the political and intellectual contexts, necessary to appreciate Pennington and his activism. Through these texts, which explore perennial philosophical questions about human nature, the meaning of freedom, and the possibility of a just and inclusive society, we see Pennington in his rightful place as an important part of the Black intellectual tradition in the 19th century.
Table of Contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements A Chronology of James W.C. Pennington's LifeIntroductionSection 1: Pennington's Autobiography and Writings on His Life1.1 The Fugitive Blacksmith1.2 Frederick Douglass on Pennington 1.3 The Story of Pennington's Brother and Nephews 1.4 A Letter to Harriet Beecher Stowe1.5 Petition for Pennington's Honorary Doctor of Divinity to Heidelberg's Faculty of TheologySection 2: African American History and Destiny; Black Education and Excellence2.1 A Text Book of the Origin and History of the Colored People2.2 The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade2.3. The Destiny of Black People in the United States2.4 “The Self-Redeeming Power of the Colored Races of the World”2.5 “The Great Conflict Requires Great Faith”2.6. Letters on Black Education and the Colored Convention Movement2.7. On Black Female ExcellenceSection 3: Philosophy and Theology3.1 Covenantal Theology, Christian Republicanism, and the Divine Right of Resistance3.2 The Bible Against Slavery3.3 Racial Prejudice and Segregation in the Church3.4 The Government of God over Nations3.5 Christian Zeal3.6. Ecclesial Conflicts over Slavery3.7 African MissionsSection 4: Abolitionism, the Politics of Resistance, and the Civil War4.1 Celebrating British West Indian Emancipation4.2 Fighting African Colonization4.3 Protesting the Fugitive Slave Law4.4 The Campaign against Segregation in New York City Public Transportation4.5 Pacifism and the Hope for Divine Justice4.6 Praying for John Brown4.7 The Moral Meaning of the Civil War4.8 A Call for Black Enlistment4.9. The Right to Black Self-Defense4.10. Observing Early Reconstruction in Mississippi BibliographyIndex
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