{"product_id":"the-magnificent-reverend-peter-thomas-barbara-mccaskill-9780820356556","title":"The Magnificent Reverend Peter Thomas Stanford, Transatlantic Reformer and Race Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara McCaskill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820356557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820356556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.39w x 1.12d","brand":"Barbara McCaskill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44598627303679,"sku":"9780820356556","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57b9f18f-0457-4954-bd10-045fb0e6706e.jpg?v=1702383557","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-magnificent-reverend-peter-thomas-barbara-mccaskill-9780820356556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}