ORIGINS OF BLACK NATIONALISM BY STERLING STDCKEY THE IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF BLACK NATIONALISM by SterlingStuckey RobertAlexanderYoung, David Walker, Lewis Woodson, a man who signed himself "Sidney," Henry Highland Garnet, and Martin R. Delany: these are the essential figures in this important anthologyonthe ideological origins ofblacknationalism. Included here are the full texts ok — The Ethiopian Manifesto byRobertAlexanderYoung; — WalkersAppealby DavidWalker; — Addressto the Slaves byHenry Highland Garnet; — The 1859 Boston Speech by HenryHighland Garnet; —The PoliticalDestiny ofthe ColoredRace by Martin R. Delany In addition there are ten letters attributed to Lewis Woodson, fourletters by"Sidney," and, as a briefexposition of otherpoints of view, theAppendix contains theminutes ofthe Albany Convention of 1840andthree lettersbyWilliam Whipperin opposition toblackseparatism. Inhis illuminatingintroduction to this book. Professor Stuckeymakes itclear that a searchforindividual consistencyin the attitudes oftheseblackleaders isnota reasonable undertaking. Clearly, all ofthem hoped and dreamed ofablack nation, but vital as thatobjective was tothem, as deeply committed toblack autonomyas theywere, the final goal for all ofthem was (continued onhackflap) S«l»oftih}»ma i*riaj fcen«f?|£. &« Library. THE IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF BLACK NATIONALISM THE IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF BLACK NATIONALISM BY STERLING STUCKEY BEACON PRESS BOSTON Copyright© 1972 by SterlingStuckey Library ofCongress catalogcardnumber: 72—75547 International Standard Book Number: 0-8070-5428-3 0-8070-5429-1 (pbk.) beaconPress books arepublished underthe auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association Publishedsimultaneously inCanada by Saunders ofToronto, Ltd. Allrights reserved Print9ed8int7he6Un3ite4dS3tat2es1ofAmerica W CONTENTS INTRODUCTION by Sterling Stuckey 1 THE ETHIOPIAN MANIFESTO by Robert Alexander 1. Young 30 2. WALKER'S APPEAL by David Walker 39 3. TEN LETTERS by Augustine 118 4. FOUR LETTERS by Sidney 149 5. ADDRESS TO THESLAVESbyHenryHighland Garnet 165 6. HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET'S SPEECH at an Enthusiastic Meeting of the Colored Citizens of Boston 174 THE POLITICAL DESTINY OF THE COLORED 7. RACE by Martin R. Delany 195 APPENDIX I. From the Minutes of the Albany Convention of Colored Citizens, 1840 237 II. Opposition to Black Separatism: Three Letters by William Whipper 252 INDEX 261