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The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States and Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party
The Condition Elevation Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States and Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party Author:Martin R. Delany Often called the "Father of Black Nationalism," Martin Robinson Delany (1812-1885) spent most of his career seeking Black emancipation through African American emigration to Africa. He was also a preeminent abolitionist, author, physician, and the highest-ranking Black officer during the Civil War. Two of his most influential works on Black nati... more »onalism are presented in this volume. THE CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, AND DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES (1852) presents Delany's separatist views. To many scholars of African American political thought, this book marks the origin of Black nationalism in print. Because of the intractable nature of U.S. racism, Delany concluded by recommending emigration of African American to Central America. Some years later Delany turned to Africa as the better choice for relocation of Black Americans. Based on an exploratory journey he took to West Africa in 1859, he wrote OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE NIGER VALLEY EXPLORING PARTY, providing clear information on the conditions in West Africa of that time. With an introduction by Toyin Falola, the Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor in History at the University of Texas at Austin, this edition of these two provocative and intriguing nineteenth-century documents sheds much light in the Black nationalist movement in the context of African American history.« less