Introduction: Of Men, Lions, and History -- A Different Measure of Oppression: Leadership and Identity in the Black North -- Besieged by Freedom's Army: Antislavery Celebrations and Black Activism -- The Sign of Things: The "Names Controversy" and Black Identity -- Discipline of the Heart, Discipline of the Mind: The Sources of Black Social Thought -- Slaves to a Wicked Public Sentiment: Black Respectability and the Response to Prejudice -- A Nation Out of a Nation: Black Nationalism as Nationalism -- This Temple of Liberty: Black Racialism and American Identity -- Conclusion: Black Protest and the Continuing Revolution
Summary
In this text Patrick Rael explores the tradition of protest and sense of racial identity forged by both famous and lesser-known black leaders in antebellum America and illuminates the ideas that united these activists across a wide array of divisions
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-407) and index
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