The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States and Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party

by Martin R. Delany and Toyin Falola

Book Overview

A preeminent African American abolitionist, author, public intellectual, physician, the highest ranking black officer during the Civil War, and a notable activist for the emigration of blacks to Africa, Martin Robison Delany has left an enduring legacy in his writings, the power of his ideas, and his political activism. So influential was he during the nineteenth century that a number of people now refer to him as the "Father of Black Nationalism."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591021596
• ISBN13: 9781591021599
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Humanities Press Intl
• Length: 395 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.4"