{"product_id":"speak-out-in-thunder-tones-dorothy-sterling-9780306808203","title":"Speak Out in Thunder Tones: Letters and Other Writings by Black Northerners, 1787-1865","description":"This impressive 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. The editor has forged her material into a documentary history as dramatic as it is memorable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy Sterling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030680820X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306808203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.57w x 1.00d","brand":"Dorothy Sterling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119545774335,"sku":"9780306808203","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1de4d751-ab2d-4d72-8de5-8c1e5377b863.jpg?v=1687409874","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speak-out-in-thunder-tones-dorothy-sterling-9780306808203","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}