Martin Delany: African American Temperance Advocate (original) (raw)
Martin Delany was an African American abolitionist and temperance supporter.
Delaney was born in Charles Town, VA (now WV). He was the son an enslaved father and a free mother. That was in 1812.
In 1843 he began publishing a newspaper Later, along with Frederick Douglass, they published The North Star. The newspaper promoted abolition.
During the Civil War (1861- 65), he met with Pres. Lincoln. It was to convince him to to allow Black men to enlist. In 1865, he was appointed a major in the Union Army. Martin R. Delany became the first Black field officer in the US Army.
After the War, he worked for the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction.
Martin Delany died of TB in 1885. He was living in Wilberforce, Ohio.
These were Martin Delany’s major works.
- The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the US. (1852)
- The Origins and Objects of Ancient Freemasonry. Its Introduction into the US and among Colored Men. (1853)
- Blake; or The Huts of America. (Serialized in Anglo-African (1859) [Pub book by Beacon Press, 1970.]
- Political Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent. In Proceedings of the Nat Emigration Convention of Colored People. Held at Cleveland, Ohio the 24th to 26th of August, 1854.
- Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party. (1861) [Read report free.]
- U. Pamphlets. A Series of Four Tracts on Nat Polity. (1870)
- Principia of Ethnology. The Origin of Races and Color. (1879)
Readings about Martin Delany.
- Frank Rollin. Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany. (CreateSpace Ind Pub, 2017)
- Richard Blackett. Martin R. Delany and Robert Campbell: Black Americans in Search of an African Colony. J Negro Hist, 62(1), pp. 1-25.
- Robert Levine. Martin R. Delany: A Reader. (U NC Press, 2003).
- Tunde Adeleke. Martin R. Delany’s Civil War. A Primary Source Reader. (U Press MS, 2020).
Web
- Temperance Timelines. (A six-part series.)
- Events in Temperance History.
- Temperance Songs.