American to the backbone : the life of James W.C. Pennington, the fugitive slave who became one of the first black abolitionists / Christopher L. Webber.
2011
E185.97.P46 W43 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
American to the backbone : the life of James W.C. Pennington, the fugitive slave who became one of the first black abolitionists / Christopher L. Webber.
Author
Webber, Christopher.
Edition
1st Pegasus Books ed.
ISBN
9781605981758
1605981753
1605981753
Imprint
New York : Pegasus Books, 2011.
Language
English
Description
493 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
E185.97.P46 W43 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.7/114 B
Summary
The incredible story of a forgotten hero of nineteenth century New York City who was a former slave, Yale scholar, minister, and international leader of the Antebellum abolitionist movement. At the age of 19, scared and illiterate, James Pennington escaped from slavery in 1827 and soon became one of the leading voices against slavery prior to the Civil War. Just ten years after his escape, Pennington was ordained to the ministry of the Congregational Church after studying at Yale. Moving to Hartford, he became involved with the Amistad captives and founded the first African American mission society. He traveled to England as a delegate to a world Anti-Slavery Convention and served also as a delegate to an international peace convention. Later he traveled widely in Britain and on the continent to gain support for the American abolition movement. He was so respected by European audiences that the University of Heidelberg awarded him an honorary doctorate, making him the first person of African descent to receive such a degree. As he fought for equal rights in America, Pennington's voice was not limited to the preacher's pulpit. He wrote the first-ever "History of the Colored People" as well as a careful study of the moral basis for civil disobedience, which would be echoed decades later by Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Finding freedom
Slavery as it was
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn, part I
Brooklyn, Part II
School teacher in Newton
Yale
Return to Newton
Hartford, part I
Hartford, part II
The Mendi mission
England
New beginning in Hartford
Hartford, part III
New York, 1848-1849
Great Britain, 1849-1851
New York, 1851-1852
New York, 1853-1854
New York, 1854-1855
New York, 1855
Hartford and New York, 1856-1864
Mississippi, Maine, and Florida, 1864-1870.
Slavery as it was
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn, part I
Brooklyn, Part II
School teacher in Newton
Yale
Return to Newton
Hartford, part I
Hartford, part II
The Mendi mission
England
New beginning in Hartford
Hartford, part III
New York, 1848-1849
Great Britain, 1849-1851
New York, 1851-1852
New York, 1853-1854
New York, 1854-1855
New York, 1855
Hartford and New York, 1856-1864
Mississippi, Maine, and Florida, 1864-1870.