Martin R. Delany (1812-1885), a native Virginian, is a leading African American abolitionist. He is also a writer, editor, doctor, and politician, having worked alongside Frederick Douglass in editing the abolitionist newspaper, North Star. During the war Delany served as a major, the U.S. Army’s first black field officer. Upon the conclusion of the great…
Rev. Thomas L. Johnson, a former slave, begins his biography “Twenty Eight Years a Slave” with the words: “According to information I received from my mother, I was born August 7th, 1836, at a place called Rock-Rayman, in the State of Virginia; but I do not know the place, as I was REMOVED when a…
Tensions between Southern white citizens and freedmen show no signs of abating. From Virginia to Texas, a tug of war is unfolding between Northern (American) Baptists who are aiding freedmen, and Southern Baptists who resent the meddling of Northerners. Today in Natchez, Mississippi, four black deacons of the Wall Street Baptist Church petition U.S. President…