Classical Black nationalism : from the American Revolution to Marcus Garvey / edited by Wilson Jeremiah Moses.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

One. The colonization and emigration controversy, preclassical period. Notes on the state of Virginia, 1781-1782 / Thomas Jefferson -- Letters to Peter Williams Jr. (1816) and James Forten (1817) / Paul Cuffe -- Letter to Paul Cuffe (1817) / James Forten -- Mutability of human affairs -- The Ethiopian manifesto (1829) / Robert Alexander Young -- An appeal in four articles (1830) / David Walker -- Address at the African masonic hall (1833) / Maria Stewart -- Two. Classical Black nationalism, 1850-62. The condition, elevation, emigration, and destiny of the colored people of the United States, 1852 / Martin R. Delany -- Obiter dictum on the Dred Scot case (1857) / Roger Taney -- A vindication of the capacity of the Negro race for self-government and civilized progress / James T. Holly -- African civilization society (1859) / Frederick Douglass -- Address at Cooper's institute (1860) / Henry Highland Garnet -- Official report of the Niger valley exploring party (1861) / Martin R. Delany -- The progress of civilization along the west coast of Africa (1861) / Alexander Crummell -- The call of Providence to the descendants of Africa in America (1862) / Edward Wilmot Blyden --Address on colonization to a deputation of colored men (1862) / Abraham Lincoln -- An open letter to the colored people (1862) / Daniel A. Payne -- Three. Black nationalist revival, 1895-1925. The American Negro and his fatherland (1895) / Henry McNeal Turner -- The conservation of races (1897) / W.E.B. Du Bois -- Address at Newport News (1919) / Marcus Garvey.