The Fugitive Blacksmith and other essential writings by James W. C. Pennington / edited by Jan Stievermann, Caitlin B. Smith, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
| Author/creator | Pennington, James W. C. author. |
| Other author | Stievermann, Jan, editor. |
| Other author | Smith, Caitlin B., editor. |
| Other author | Glaude, Eddie S., Jr., 1968- editor |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025] |
| Description | xx, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford new histories philosophy |
| Contents | A chronology of James W.C. Pennington's life -- Section I. Pennington's autobiography and writings on his life. The fugitive blacksmith -- Frederick Douglass on Pennington -- The story of Pennington's brother and nephews -- A letter to Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Petition for Pennington's honorary doctor of divinity to Heidelberg's faculty of theology -- Section II. African American history and destiny ; Black education and excellence. A text book of the origin and history of the colored people -- The history of slavery and the slave trade -- The destiny of Black people in the United States -- "The self-redeeming power of the colored races of the world" -- "The great conflict requires great faith" -- Letters on Black education and the Colored Convention Movement -- On Black female excellence -- Section III. Philosophy and theology. Covenental theology, Christian republicanism, and the divine right of resistance -- The Bible against slavery -- Racial prejudice and segregation in the church -- The government of God over nations -- Christian zeal -- Ecclesial conflicts over slavery -- African missions -- Section IV. Abolitionism, the politics of resistance, and the Civil War. Celebrating British West Indian emancipation -- Fighting African colonization -- Protesting the Fugitive Slave Law -- The campaign against segregation in New York City public transportation -- Pacifism and the hope for divine justice -- Praying for John Brown -- The moral meaning of the Civil War -- A call for Black enlistment -- The right to Black self-defense -- Observing early Reconstruction in Mississippi. |
| Abstract | "This is the first modern critical anthology of the writings of James W.C. Pennington (1808-1870). An internationally-renowned intellectual, theologian, abolitionist, and reformer, Pennington was a leading light of nineteenth-century African American thought and political organization. He has been unjustly unforgotten today. In tandem with its companion volume, James W.C. Pennington: Essays Towards Rediscovering a Great African American Intellectual and Reformer, the anthology seeks to recover Pennington and present his thought for contemporary readers. The anthology contains Pennington's two major works- his slave narrative, The Fugitive Blacksmith (1849) and his race history A Text Book of the Origin and History of the Colored People (1841)- alongside a carefully-selected sampling of his sermons, his publications on abolitionism, Black education, missions, and transatlantic reform, and documents related to his life. Many of these works have never appeared before in print. All texts are fully annotated and brought together in thematic sections. The critical introduction places the different chapters within the overlapping contexts of Pennington's life and thought"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-384) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Fugitive Blacksmith and other essential writings by James W.C. Pennington New York : Oxford University Press, 2025 9780197690796 |
| LCCN | 2025023515 |
| ISBN | 9780197690765 |
| ISBN | 0197690769 |
| ISBN | 9780197690758 hbk. |
| ISBN | 0197690750 |
| ISBN | epub |
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