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Title: The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States
Author: Martin R. Delany
Release Date: November 26, 2005 [EBook #17154]
Language: English
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THE CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, AND DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE
OF THE UNITED STATES
Published 1852.
CONTENTS
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People
of the United States
Preface. 35
Chapter I. Condition of Many Classes in Europe Considered 41
Chapter II. Comparative Condition of the
Colored People of the United States 44
Chapter III. American Colonization 58
Chapter IV. Our Elevation in the United States 63
Chapter V. Means of Elevation 67
Chapter VI. The United States Our Country 74
Chapter VII. Claims of Colored Men as Citizens of the United States 75
Chapter VIII. Colored American Warriors 91
Chapter IX. Capacity of Colored Men and Women
as Citizen Members of Community 106
Chapter X. Practical Utility of Colored People of the Present
Day as Members of Society--Business Men and Mechanics 113
Chapter XI. Literary and Professional Colored Men and Women 128
Chapter XII. Students of Various Professions 148
Chapter XIII. A Scan at Past Things 151
Chapter XIV. Late Men of Literary, Professional and Artistic Note 155
Chapter XV. Farmers and Herdsmen 158
Chapter XVI. N
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