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title	:	Lift Every Voice : African American Oratory, 1787-1900 Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
author	:	Foner, Philip Sheldon; Branham, Robert J.
publisher	:	University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0817309063
print isbn13	:	9780817309060
ebook isbn13	:	9780585140865
language	:	English
subject	African Americans--History--18th century--Sources, African Americans--History--19th century--Sources, Political oratory--United States--History--18th century, Political oratory--United States--History--19th century, Speeches, addresses, etc., American--Af
publication date	:	1998
lcc	:	E185.18.L54 1998eb
ddc	:	973/.0496073
subject	:	African Americans--History--18th century--Sources, African Americans--History--19th century--Sources, Political oratory--United States--History--18th century, Political oratory--United States--History--19th century, Speeches, addresses, etc., American--Af

Page i Lift Every Voice

Page ii Studies in Rhetoric and Communication General Editors: E. Culpepper Clark Raymie E. McKerrow David Zarefsky

Page iii Lift Every Voice African American Oratory, 1787-1900 Edited by Philip S. Foner and Robert James Branham The University of Alabama press Tuscaloosa and London

Page iv Copyright 1998 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured m the United States of America The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lift every voice: African American oratory, 1787-1900 / edited by Philip S. Foner and Robert J. Branham. p. cm. (Studies in rhetoric and communication) Includes index. ISBN 0-8173-0848-2 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-8173-0906-3 (paper: alk. paper) 1. Afro-AmericansHistory18th centurySources. 2. Afro AmericansHistory19th centurySources. 3. Political oratory United StatesHistory18th century. 4. Political oratoryUnited StatesHistory19th century. 5. Speeches, addresses, etc., AmericanAfro-American authors. I. Foner, Philip Sheldon, 1910 II. Branham, Robert J. III. Series. E185.18.L54 1998 973'.0496073dc2197-21268 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98

Page v Publication of this book was made possible in part by subventions from The National Alumni Association of The University of Alabama and Bates College.

Page vii Contents Introduction 1 1. I Speak to Those Who Are in Slavery by Cyrus Bustill, September 18, 1787 20 2. You Stand on the Level with the Greatest Kings on Earth by John Marrant, June 24, 1789 27 3. A Charge Delivered to the Brethren of the AfricanLodge by Prince Hall, June 25, 1792 38 4. Pray God Give Us the Strength to Bear Up Under All Our Troubles by Prince Hall, June 24, 1797 45 5. Address to the People of Color by Abraham Johnstone, July 1797 52 6. Eulogy for Washington by Richard Allen, December 29, 1799 56 7. Universal Salvation by Lemuel Haynes, June 1805 59 8. Abolition of the Slave Trade by Peter Williams, Jr., January 1, 1808 66 9. A Thanksgiving Sermon by Absalom Jones, January 1, 1808 73 10. Mutual Interest, Mutual Benefit, and Mutual Relief by William Hamilton, January 2, 1809 80 11. A Sermon Preached on the Funeral Occasion of Mary Henery by George White, 1809 86 12. O! Africa by William Hamilton, January 2, 1815 91 13. Valedictory Address by Margaret Odell, April 18, 1822 98 14. The Condition and Prospects of Haiti by John Browne Russwurm, September 6, 1826 101

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