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Blog entries are the earliest literary works of those descended of enslaved

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What to the slave is the 4th of July? from Frederick Douglass

Date July 5, 1852 Venue Corinthian Hall Location Rochester, New York, United States ORATION, DELIVERED IN CORINTHIAN HALL, ROCHESTER, BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS, JULY 5TH, 1852. Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens : HE who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability, than I do this day. A feeling has crept over me, q
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The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts

it was not published till 2002. I wonder how many unpublished works from black people in the 1800s exist. referal https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2002811 content <iframe src="https://collections.library.yale.edu/uv.html#manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fcollections.library.yale.edu%2Fmanifests%2F2002811&c=0&m=0&cv=0&config=&locales=en-GB%3AEnglish+%28GB%29%2Ccy-GB%3ACymraeg%2Cfr-FR%3AFran%C3%A7ais+%28FR%29%2Cpl-PL%3APolski%2Csv-SE%3ASvenska%2Cxx-XX%3AEnglish+%28GB%29+%28
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The Heroic Slave from Frederick Douglass

INFO The Heroic Slave Frederick Douglass wrote only one work of fiction: this novella, loosely based on a true incident, about a slave who leads a rebellion on board a slave ship. Although it doesn't mention Stowe, it can be read as Douglass' attempt to contest Uncle Tom's Cabin. The novella's description of Madison Washington's appearance closely follows Stowe's first description of Tom. The story Douglass tells, though, allows him to reject her "simple" slave hero (Tom is probably the source
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Oscar Micheauz Screenplay, The BEtrayal

For years I have tried to get a screenplay from Micheaux. I know he made books but most of his books are very old, in expensive collections and have only been photocopied, not transcribed, and if transcribed the stories are in other works.  But the betrayal is the only access to a screenplay I am aware of Here is the extended page https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/677-oscar-devereaux-micheaux-books-plus-films/  
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Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Speech 1895

Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Speech ADDRESS BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, PRINCIPAL TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA, AT OPENING OF ATLANTA EXPOSITION, Sept. 18th, 1895.   Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Board of Directors and Citizens:   One third of the population of the South is of the Negro race. No enterprise seeking the material, civil, or moral welfare of this section can disregard this element of our population and reach the
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NEGRO SPIRITUALS + WORK SONGS

The Negro Spirituals predate the USA, as do the Work Songs. Imagine what has been lost is how the NEgro Spirituals plus work songs changed from the early 1500s to circa 1865, when the war between the states ended. I don't even know how that knowledge can be obtained as written records for black art were not allowed by the white enslavers.....   NEGRO SPIRITUALS The Project Gutenberg eBook of Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere
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THE GARIES AND THIER FRIENDS

Francis Johnson Webb was a grandson of Aaron Burr, yes the one who shot Hamilton. Webb wrote The Garies and Their Friends (1857)   Language: English Credits: Produced by Suzanne Shell, Beth Scott and PG Distributed Proofreaders *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GARIES AND THEIR FRIENDS *** Produced by Suzanne Shell, Beth Scott and PG Distributed Proofreaders THE GARIES AND THEIR FRIENDS Frank J. Webb 1857 Preface by Harriet Beecher Stowe TO THE LADY NOEL BYRON THI
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Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States by William Well Brown

Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States is an 1853 novel by United States author and playwright William Wells Brown about Clotel and her sister, fictional slave daughters of Thomas Jefferson. full text https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/346-clotel-from-william-wells-brown/   The Project Gutenberg eBook of Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the
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Le Mulâtre from Victor Séjour two versions split by an essay

Le Mulâtre from Victor Séjour "Le Mulâtre" ("The Mulatto") is a short story by Victor Séjour, a free person of color and Creole of color born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was written in French, Séjour's first language, and published in the Paris abolitionist journal Revue des Colonies in 1837. It is the earliest extant work of fiction by an African-American author. It was noted as such when it was first translated in English, appearing in the first edition of the Norton Anthology o
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Weekly  Anglo-African and  The Pine and Palm - Excerpts from 1861–1862+Blake; or The Huts of America: A Tale of the Mississippi Valley, the Southern United States, and Cuba from Martin Delany,

Weekly  Anglo-African and  The Pine and Palm  Excerpts from 1861–1862 ARTICLE   Content Weekly Anglo-African and The Pine and Palm (1861-1862) Spring 2018 – No. 4 Edited and introduced by Brigitte Fielder, Cassander Smith, and Derrick R. Spires Introduction Resolved, That we firmly, flatly, uncompromisingly oppose, condemn and denounce as unfair and unjust, as unwise and as unchristian, the fleeing, colonizing efforts urged by James Redpath, the white, seconded by George L
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Architecture Vertner Woodson Tandy

Vertner Woodson Tandy  designed St Phillips Church, financed and designed and utilized by Blacks[ st Phillips black church congregation] Villa Lewaro financed and designed and utilized by Blacks[madam cj walker and her daughter]  Madame CJ Walker's Townhouse in Harlem - financed and designed and utilized by Blacks[madame cj walker] ST Phillips Church The present church building designed by Vertner Woodson Tandy, the first African American registered architect in New York, was de
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Architecture- Renaissance Theater

The Renaissance Theatre Building, as it was originally named, opened January 1921. It was built and owned, until 1931, by African Americans. exterior old   NEWSPAPER NOTICES   New York Age, 22 January 1921, p. 6. Chronicling America.   New York Age, 5 February 1921, p. 5. Chronicling America.       New York Age, 19 February 1921, p. 1. Chronicling America.   article source https://www.ny1920.com/1921feb
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Architecture- Sans Souci Palace + Citadelle La Ferriere part 4

CITADEL from a distance       Sans Souci from a distance   Citadel and Sans Souci in relation to each other     Sans Souci up clode     part 3 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/489-architecture-sans-souci-palace-citadelle-la-ferriere-part-3/   part 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/488-architecture-sans-souci-palace-citadelle-la-ferriere-part-2/ part 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/bl
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Architecture- Sans Souci Palace + Citadelle La Ferriere part 3

Sans Souci Palace plans               original tif files https://1drv.ms/f/c/ea9004809c2729bb/Eo7cHj86TtRKlDVRchyc29kBXTjegLplPS32rYRInvMVnQ?e=NLPBif   part 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/488-architecture-sans-souci-palace-citadelle-la-ferriere-part-2/ part 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/474-architecture-sans-souci-palace-citadelle-la-ferriere/  
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George M Horton - remembering Juneteenth

First work published in the usa by a black person in 1865 , circa after the thirteenth amendment, by the only person to publish poetry while enslaved in the history of the U.S.A. is attributed to George M Horton.  He published three works while planned four in total, to my knowledge through Wikipedia.   The Hope of Liberty (1829) This was Horton's first true attempt to buy his freedom. Most of the poems in the collection were themed around antislavery either indirect or directly
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My Search For SHUFFLE ALONG

I was unable to find the stageplay book. I imagine someone has it somewhere. But if I ever get it I will share it in this work. This isn't the first african american stageplay, my book of old stageplays have many that are older and that were popular. But Shuffle Along did have a sensation especially among whites that is underrated.  Well, enjoy the images.      Shuffle Along (1921) Posted onMarch 16, 2008by contributed by: Anthony Duane Hill Shuffle Along, a musi
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Gutenberg - Black Literature

thank you @umbrarchist for inspiring this. I have known of gutenberg for years and used it but never thought to go through its library for Black literature.    Books in African American Writers (sorted by popularity) https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/6 Books in African American Writers (sorted alphabetically) https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/6?sort_order=title Books in African American Writers (sorted alphabetically by author) https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf
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PERCY JULIAN

The lesson in Percy Julian's story isn't that in the usa whites stop blacks from all things but in the usa whites defer blacks from their true goals. Yes, PErcy Julian became a chemist but by his own words this was a life as a chemist he didn't envision. It was a poisoned deal between getting something remotely similar to what you want because of white power while still holding on and embracing the usa NARRATOR: Looking back in the autobiography he would never finish, Julian offered his own
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Haitian Constitution

THE 1805 CONSTITUTION OF HAITI SECOND CONSTITUTION OF HAITI (HAYTI) MAY 20, 1805. PROMULGATED BY EMPEROR JACQUES I (DESSALINES) The document below was printed in the New York Evening Post, July 15, 1805. It was transcribed into the version below by Bob Corbett on April 4, 1999. I did not translate it, only transcribed. It was printed in 1805 in English. There is no mention in the newspaper who translated it. But, given that Henri Christophe was involved in the publication and
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BLACK STATIAN AWARDS list

National Black Cheerleading championship https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10962-national-black-cheerleading-championship-2024/ Miss Black America https://www.missblackamerica.com/ Black Reel Awards https://www.blackreelawards.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Reel_Awards American Black Film Festival https://www.abff.com/       Thanks for helping, add in comments and I Will place in the list  @Chevdove
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2024 Black Literature at Medger Evers National Black Writers Conference

National Black Writers Conference Daily 2024 Write up  Day 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10856-national-black-writers-conference-best-line-up-ever/?do=findComment&comment=66190 Day 2 part 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10856-national-black-writers-conference-best-line-up-ever/?do=findComment&comment=66193 Day 2 part 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10856-national-black-writers-conference-best-line-up-ever/?do=findComment&comment=66212 Day 3 https://aa

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