Freedmen's Book

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• Publisher: Sovereign
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781787365636
• Edition: 0

The Freedmen's Book, written by Lydia Maria Child, is an important socio-cultural phenomenon of the nineteenth century. It is a text that exemplifies the rich intellectual and discursive history of the African American experience within a predominantly white society. This work provides valuable insight into the struggles experienced by freedmen during this period and offers readers an understanding of how African American culture adapted to new circumstances while maintaining its distinct heritage.

Table of contents

• IGNATIUS SANCHO.
• PREJUDICE REPROVED.
• BENJAMIN BANNEKER.
• ETHIOPIA.
• THE HOUR OF FREEDOM.
• WILLIAM BOEN.
• PRAYER OF THE SLAVE.
• THE ASPIRATIONS OF MINGO.
• BURY ME IN A FREE LAND.
• PHILLIS WHEATLEY.
• A PERTINENT QUESTION.
• THE WORKS OF PROVIDENCE.
• THE DYING CHRISTIAN.
• KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.
• JAMES FORTEN.
• THE MEETING IN THE SWAMP.
• A REASONABLE REQUEST.
• THE SLAVE POET.
• RATIE:
• THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST.
• THE BEGINNING AND PROGRESS OF EMANCIPATION IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES.
• THE LAST NIGHT OF SLAVERY.
• MADISON WASHINGTON.
• EXTRACT FROM THE VIRGINIA BILL OF RIGHTS.
• PRAISE OF CREATION.
• FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
• HOW THE GOOD WORK GOES ON.
• DEDICATION HYMN.
• WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFTS.
• SPRING.
• THE GOOD GRANDMOTHER.
• “THEY CANNOT TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.”
• THE COLORED MOTHER’S PRAYER.
• WILLIAM COSTIN.
• EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
• AN HONORABLE RECORD.
• THANK GOD FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
• SAM AND ANDY.
• JOHN BROWN AND THE COLORED CHILD.
• THE AIR OF FREEDOM.
• EMANCIPATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, APRIL 16, 1862.
• THE LAWS OF HEALTH.
• PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION, JANUARY 1, 1863.
• NEW-YEAR’S DAY ON THE ISLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1863.
• SONG OF THE NEGRO BOATMEN AT PORT ROYAL, S. C.
• EXTRACT FROM SPEECH BY HON. HENRY WILSON TO THE COLORED PEOPLE IN CHARLESTON, S. C., APRIL, 1865.
• EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH BY HON. JUDGE KELLY TO THE COLORED PEOPLE IN CHARLESTON, S. C., APRIL, 1865.
• BLACK TOM.
• LETTER FROM A FREEDMAN TO HIS OLD MASTER.
• COLONEL ROBERT G. SHAW.
• ADVICE FROM AN OLD FRIEND.
• DAY OF JUBILEE.