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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Primary school, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Benjamin Fagan |
ISBN: | 0820354694 9780820354699 |
OCLC Number: | 1156785063 |
Description: | xi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: The records of black chosenness -- Acting chosen -- Prophecies for a chosen nation -- Revolutionary chosenness -- The limits of black chosenness -- Joining the chosen army -- Conclusion: The ends of black chosenness. |
Responsibility: | Benjamin Fagan. |
Abstract:
Shows how antebellum African Americans used the newspaper as a means for translating their belief in black ""chosenness"" into plans and programs for black liberation. Benjamin Fagan shows how the early black press helped shape the relationship between black chosenness and the struggles for black freedom and equality.
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