Protest Pamphlets

Welcome to the weekend POU! Today we take a look at Protest Pamphlets authored by African Americans and distributed during the 1800s in protest of slavery. Black protest influenced the rise of a more radical abolitionist movement after 1830, one which rejected gradualist tactics and strategies. Pamphleteering provided a key vehicle for northern black protest. While … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries