LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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He published articles claiming that abolitionists would never accept African Americans as equals, so the solution would be for them to migrate to Africa.
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Met William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass through being a preacher
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After learning about the newspaper business, Martin R. Delany became Frederick Douglass’s co-editor
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All the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Douglass founded and edited his first antislavery newspaper, The North Star, beginning December 3, 1847. The title referred to the bright star, Polaris, that helped guide those escaping slavery to the North.
Detailed explanation-3: -Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-4: -Delany was commissioned as a major in February 1865, becoming the first black line field officer in the U.S. Army and achieving the highest rank an African American would reach during the Civil War. Delany especially wanted to lead colored troops into Charleston, South Carolina, the former secessionist hotbed.