Freedom's journal : the first African-American newspaper / Jacqueline Bacon.
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham, MD :
Lexington Books,
[2007], ©2007.
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| Physical Description: | x, 325 pages ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction: "A clap of thunder"
- Part I. "The time has now arrived": the African-American community of the late 1820s ; The history of Freedom's journal ; "Whatever concerns us as a people": the goals of Freedom's journal
- Part II. "Be up and doing": self-help ; men and women, private and public ; Redemption, regeneration, revolution: Africa and Haiti ; "Save us from our friends": colonization and emigration ; "Our brethren who are still in bondage": slavery and antislavery
- Part III. "Echoes and re-echoes": the impact and legacy of Freedom's journal.