Biography Readings and Commentaries about the Documents for Week 3
(Also, see extra resources for some video clips)
David Walker Biography http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2930.html
Historical information about Walker's Appeal: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2931.html
Henry Highland Garnett http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1537.html and http://www.biography.com/people/henry-highland-garnet-39704
Martin Delaney http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASdelaney.htm
Historical information about Walker's Appeal: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2931.html
Henry Highland Garnett http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1537.html and http://www.biography.com/people/henry-highland-garnet-39704
Martin Delaney http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASdelaney.htm
Readings for Week 3
While all three of these readings are masterfully created and present well argued points, they are also long. For your assignment, you are to browse the works reading parts of all three. What I want you to pay attention to most is the tone and ideas that each author presents. You are trying to figure out "where they are coming from" and what point they are trying to make. The questions I want you to be considering are how the author's background and education impacting what he is writing about, and why did the author chose the structure he did?
David Walker's Appeal in Four Articles excerpts- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2931t.html,
Henry Highland Garnet "An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2937t.html
Martin Robison Delaney " The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States." http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17154/17154-h/17154-h.htm Delaney's work is also available on Kindle as a free download.
Note: Walker's "Appeal" along with Garnet's "Address" are available as a free Kindle download http://www.amazon.com/Walkers-Garnets-Address-America-ebook/dp/B00849MHX2/ref=sr_1_3_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1364863341&sr=8-3&keywords=david+walker%27s+appeal#_
David Walker's Appeal in Four Articles excerpts- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2931t.html,
Henry Highland Garnet "An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2937t.html
Martin Robison Delaney " The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States." http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17154/17154-h/17154-h.htm Delaney's work is also available on Kindle as a free download.
Note: Walker's "Appeal" along with Garnet's "Address" are available as a free Kindle download http://www.amazon.com/Walkers-Garnets-Address-America-ebook/dp/B00849MHX2/ref=sr_1_3_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1364863341&sr=8-3&keywords=david+walker%27s+appeal#_
Additional Readings
For an additional challenge, completely read all three works.