Early Negro Writing, 1760-1837

by Dorothy Porter Wesley (Editor), Dorothy Porter Wesley (aka)

An indispensable collection of rare documents of the African-American past, most first published as pamphlets, broadsides, or small books, and some being only one or two copies known to exist. Divided into seven sections, beginning with documents from the mutual aid and fraternal organizations, 1792-1833; Societies for Educational Improvement, 1808-1836; Significant Annual Conferences, 1831-1837; To Emigrate or Remain at Home?, 1733-1833; Spokesmen in Behalf of Their "Colored Fellow Citizens," 1787-1815; Saints and Sinners, 1786-1836; Narratives, Poems and Essays, 1760-1835, the concluding section, which includes the writings of Phillis Wheatley, Jupiter Hammon, Richard Allen, David Ruggles, Solomon Bayley, and others. With an introduction by the editor, librarian of the Moorland Foundation at Howard University for more than twenty years. Portrait of Mrs. Jarena Lee as frontispiece. xiii+ i , 658 pages. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. small 8vo..

658 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971