{"product_id":"speak-out-in-thunder-tones-letters-and-other-writings-by-black-northerners-1787-1865-9780306808203","title":"Speak Out in Thunder Tones: Letters and Other Writings by Black Northerners, 1787-1865","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dorothy Sterling\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Cultural \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies - American - African American \u0026amp; Bl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection, drawn from a wealth of original research into previously untapped sources - including letters, diaries, memoirs, speeches, poems, songs, newspaper articles, advertisements, a ship's log, and official documents - allows African Americans to speak afresh across more than two centuries. Besides the expected voices of Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth, this book makes vivid the experiences and views of a diverse range of lesser-known but equally fascinating personalities: Ira Aldridge, one of the great Shakespearean actors of his day; William Allen, the first black college professor in the country; the astronomer and mathematician Benjamin Banneker; Paul Cuffe, owner of a fleet of merchant ships; Martin R. Delany, the father of black nationalism; James Forten, war veteran, inventor, and one of the wealthiest men in America; the militant Henry Highland Garnet, who urged slaves to revolt; the poet Phillis Wheatley; as well as ordinary free blacks, fugitive slaves, soldiers, wives, mothers, pioneers, sailors, and numerous others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355891064983,"sku":"9780306808203","price":1866.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780306808203.webp?v=1767309129","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/speak-out-in-thunder-tones-letters-and-other-writings-by-black-northerners-1787-1865-9780306808203","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}