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| Author | Wilson Armistead |
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| Subject | Anti-slavery |
| Genres | Political philosophy |
Publication date | 1848 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| OCLC | 51815739 |
| LC Class | HT1581 .A6 |
| Text | A Tribute for the Negro at Internet Archive |
A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Coloured Portion of Mankind; with Particular Reference to the African Race is an 1848 work written by the Leeds-based British abolitionist Wilson Armistead, that published indictments of scientific racism, as well as slavery, and included biographies of a number of prominent campaigners including Henry Highland Garnet and Phyllis Wheatley.[1][2] It was one of a number of anti-slavery books published in the 1800s by social reformers.[3] The book was dedicated to James Pennington,[4] Frederick Douglass, Alexander Crummell, "as well as many other elevated noble examples of elevated humanity of the negro".[1] Its purpose was to argue and present evidence for the accomplishments of African Americans and act as a treatise of support.[5] One of the didactic tools used by Armistead in the book is to draw comparisons between Britain's Roman past and its cruelties, to argue for more progressive views on abolition.[6] The book was published by subscription with an extensive list of nearly 1000 subscribers comprising the most 'conspicuous' philanthropists of the day[7] and including "the Sovereign of the most enlightened country of the world", which it has been suggested refers to Queen Victoria.[7]
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- ^ a b Allott, Wilfrid (1963). "Wilson Armistead, 1819-1868". The Journal of the Friends Historical Society. 50 (3). doi:10.14296/fhs.v50i3.4638 (inactive 1 November 2024).
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