TY - BOOK AU - Project Muse AU - Walker,Paul AU - Serafini,Sidonia AU - McCaskill,Barbara TI - The Magnificent Reverend Peter Thomas Stanford, Transatlantic Reformer and Race Manedited by Barbara McCaskill and Sidonia Serafini with Rev. Paul Walker SN - 9780820356556 AV - BX6455 .M346 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - Athens PB - The University of Georgia Press KW - Stanford, P. Thomas KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Social reformers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - African American educators KW - African American Baptists KW - African American clergy KW - Baptists KW - Clergy KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - "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"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2557371&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -