David Walker, the author of An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World (1829), was radical for his time in calling for African-Americans to resist slavery. At the time he wrote An Appeal, the abolitionist movement had not gathered widespread force. His work was novel for its insistence on African-American equality and his belief that African-Americans should play a central role in winning freedom through education and religion. He also urged white Americans...
David Walker, the author of An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World (1829), was radical for his time in calling for African-Americans to resist slavery. At the time he wrote An Appeal, the abolitionist movement had not gathered widespread force. His work was novel for its insistence on African-American equality and his belief that African-Americans should play a central role in winning freedom through education and religion. He also urged white Americans to recognize the evils of slavery and to end the institution. He went against many ideas of his day, including the idea that African-Americans should be repatriated in countries in Africa.
Alexander Crummell, born in the United States, was an Episcopal minister who, after working in the U.S. for abolitionism and studying at Cambridge in England, became an ardent Pan-Africanist (meaning he believed in the solidarity of African countries). He moved to Liberia, where he embarked on a mission to Christianize Africans. He believed that African-Americans should move to Africa to play a role in civilizing and Christianizing Africans. His works influenced later adherents to Pan-Africanism, such as W.E.B. Du Bois. He founded the American Negro Academy to promote the academic achievement of African-Americans, and he believed the future of African-Americans would be bettered through education and through the work of civilizing Africans.
No comments:
Post a Comment