THE CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, AND DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

BY

MARTIN ROBISON DELANY

CONTENTS

The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States

PREFACE

I

CONDITION OF MANY CLASSES IN EUROPE CONSIDERED

II

COMPARATIVE CONDITION OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

III

AMERICAN COLONIZATION

IV

OUR ELEVATION IN THE UNITED STATES

V

MEANS OF ELEVATION

VI

THE UNITED STATES OUR COUNTRY

VII

CLAIMS OF COLORED MEN AS CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES

VIII

COLORED AMERICAN WARRIORS

IX

CAPACITY OF COLORED MEN AND WOMEN AS CITIZEN MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY

X

PRACTICAL UTILITY OF COLORED PEOPLE OF THE PRESENT DAY AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY—BUSINESS MEN AND MECHANICS

XI

LITERARY AND PROFESSIONAL COLORED MEN AND WOMEN

XII

STUDENTS OF VARIOUS PROFESSIONS

XIII

A SCAN AT PAST THINGS

XIV

LATE MEN OF LITERARY, PROFESSIONAL AND ARTISTIC NOTE

XV

FARMERS AND HERDSMEN

XVI

NATIONAL DISFRANCHISEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

XVII

EMIGRATION OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

XVIII

"REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA"

XIX

THE CANADAS

XX

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES

XXI

NICARAGUA AND NEW GRENADA

XXII

THINGS AS THEY ARE

XXIII

A GLANCE AT OURSELVES—CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

A PROJECT FOR AN EXPEDITION OF ADVENTURE, TO THE EASTERN COAST OF AFRICA