The Magnificent Reverend Peter Thomas Stanford, Transatlantic Reformer and Race Man edited by Barbara McCaskill and Sidonia Serafini with Rev. Paul Walker.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Born into slavery in Hampton County, Virginia, orphaned soon thereafter, and raised for almost two years among Native Americans, the charismatic Rev. Peter Thomas Stanford (c. 1860-May 20, 1909) rose from humble and challenging beginnings to emerge as an inventive and passionate activist and educator who championed social justice. During the post- Reconstruction era and early twentieth century, Stanford traversed the United States, Canada, and England advocating for the rights of African Americans, including access to educational opportunities; attainment of the full rights and privileges of citizenship; protections from racial violence, social stereotyping, and a predatory legal system; and recognition of the artistic contributions that have shaped national culture and earned global renown. His imprint on working-class urban residents, Afro-Canadian settlements, and African American communities survives in the institutions he led and the works that presented his imaginative, literate, ardent, and often comic voice. With a reflection by Highgate Baptist Church's former pastor, Rev. Dr. Paul Walker, this collection highlights Stanford's writings: sermons, lectures, newspaper columns, entertainments, and memoirs. Editors Barbara McCaskill and Sidonia Serafini annotate his life and work throughout the volume, placing him within the context of his peers as a writer and editor. As an American expatriate, Stanford was seminal in redirecting antislavery activism into an international antilynching movement and a global campaign to dismantle slavery and slave trading. This book squarely inserts this influential thinker and activist in the African American literary canon"-- Provided by publisher.

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Man of Many Faces -- Editorial Note -- PART 1. Canada, 1881-1883 -- The Plea of the Ex-Slaves Now in Canada (1885) -- PART 2. Great Britain, 1883-1895 -- From Bondage to Liberty (1889) -- Pulpit and Pew newspaper column on Stanford's baptism of a Chinaman (1891) -- Letter to the Editor about a lecture by Stanford (1893) -- PART 3. The United States, 1895-1909 -- Excerpts from The Tragedy of the Negro in America (1903) -- Chapter 10, "The Negro of the South"

"The Georgia Convicts: A Colored Critic on the Apology for the Lease System" -- "Future of the Negro" (1899) -- "Why the Negro Should Study the Politics of This Country" (1904) -- "Educate the Negro" (1903) -- Epilogue: "The Least of These" by Rev. Paul W alker -- The Stanfords' Lives and Times: A Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

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