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To Be More Than Equal

The Many Lives of Martin R. Delany 1812-1885

Explorer Doctor Author Thinker Trailblazer First Black Field Officer in the US Army And Conscience to All

"His was a magnificent life, and yet, how many of us have heard of him?"
--W.E.B. DuBois, The Pittsburgh Courier, July 25, 1936.

"Do not fail to meet this most extraordinary and intelligent black man."
--President Abraham Lincoln to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, February 8, 1865

Introduction

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Time Line Early Years Pittsburgh Years "The North Star" Years Lost Hope Abroad Wartime Carolina Reconstruction Moments Meeting John Brown Niger Valley Trip Ohio Mob Attacks The Ambassador Storms Out "Extraordinary Man" Says Lincoln "I Will Never Be Whipped" "Law Breaking n' Learnin' to Read" Blacks Riot Against Delany Bibliography Ph.D. Dissertations Martin Delany's Writings Writings on Martin Delany Places to Do Research

What Martin Delany Wrote and Thought

Poems Speeches On: The Fugitive Slave Law Black Americans Awaken Africa's Importance Self Help Letters To: Henry Burnham Frederick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison Oliver Johnson Edwin Stanton On Charleston, SC H.H. Garnet In "The Mystery" On Civil Rights On Culture A Noble Suicide "The Mystery's" Goals On Slavecatchers President James Polk On The Constitution In "The North Star" On Greed On Life On Judge McLean's Famous Case On Racism On Nature On War On Liberia On Youth In "The Provincial Freeman" In "The Chatham Planet" On the Hypocrisy of White Abolitionists On Black Freemasonry, Introduction On Black Freemasonry, Part 1 On Black Freemasonry, Part 2 On Black Freemasonry, Part 3

"The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the

Colored People of the United States"

Introduction

Ch. 1 Europe Ch. 2 The United States Ch. 3 Leaving the US Ch. 4 Prospects in US Ch. 5 Means of Elevation Ch. 6 Our Country & Ch. 7 Our Claims Ch. 8 Warriors Ch. 9 Our Abilities Ch. 10 Our Practical Skills Ch. 11 Educated Classes Ch. 12 Students Ch. 13 Looking Back Ch. 14 Artists Ch. 15 Farmers Ch. 16 Voteless Blacks Ch. 17 Emigrate! Ch. 18 Go to Liberia? Ch. 19 Go to Canada? Ch. 20 The Other Americas? Ch. 21 Go To Nicaragua? Ch. 22 Status Quo Ch. 23 Self Study Appen. We Go to Africa

"The Origin of Races and Color"

Introduction

Ch. 1 The Origin of Race/Color & Ch. 2 Creation of Man Ch. 3 Original Man & Ch. 4 Noah's Family Ch. 5 The Origin of Races Ch. 6 How Color Begins Ch. 7 Special Note Ch. 8 Progress of Races Ch. 9 Black Race Progress Ch. 10 Achievements Ch. 11 Literature Ch. 12 Religious Polity Ch. 13 First Gods Ch. 14 Ancient Wisdom Ch. 15 Myths of Hesperides Ch. 16 Garden Serpent Ch. 17 Ethiopia Ch. 18 Comparing Cultures

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This site was written and assembled by Jim Surkamp to make people aware of an important and overlooked historical figure. This ongoing web site is made possible with support from the West Virginia Humanities Council and the George Washington Carver Institute , headed by James Tolbert and George Rutherford . Special thanks to Jim Fisher . And a very special thanks to Laura Neal , Jamie Foor and the rest of the staff of the Ruth Scarborough Library, Shepherd College.
All written portions are by James Surkamp and donated for the public domain. Contact Jim Surkamp for suggestions or comments at ardyjim@intrepid.net Delany's writings included herein legally fall into the public domain and thus can be reproduced and disseminated.