LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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He was born in Charleston, Virginia
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He was the first African American Field officer in the US Army
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He is an abolitionist
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Detailed explanation-1: -Martin Robison Delany (May 6, 1812 – January 24, 1885) was an abolitionist, journalist, physician, soldier, and writer, and arguably the first proponent of black nationalism . Delany is credited with the Pan-African slogan of “Africa for Africans.” Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), U.S. Wilberforce, Ohio, U.S.
Detailed explanation-2: -Martin Robison Delany was an African American abolitionist, the first African American Field Officer in the U.S Army, and one of the earliest African Americans to encourage a return to Africa. Delany was born in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia) to a slave father and a free mother.
Detailed explanation-3: -He soon became a member of the abolitionist movement, founding and editing the Mystery, a Black newspaper, from 1843 until 1847, and co-editing with Frederick Douglass the North Star from 1847 until 1849.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rather the real “father of Black Nationalism” was the Reverend Lewis Woodson of Pittsburgh, Martin Delany’s first teacher. From 1837 to 1841, Woodson outlined the major tenets underpinning the actions and rhetoric of Delany and his allies in the 1850’s.