Black Identity & Black Protest in the Antebellum North

Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Of Men, Lions, and History 1(11) A Different Measure of Oppression: Leadership and Identity in the Black North 12(42) Besieged by Freedom's Army: Antislavery Celebrations and Black Activism 54(28) The Sign of Things: The ``Names Controversy'' and Balck Identity 82(36) Discipline of the Heart, Discipline of the Mind: The Sources of Black Social Thought 118(39) Slaves to a Wicked Public Sentiment: Black Respectability and the Response to Prejudice 157(52) A Nation Out of a Nation: Black Nationalism as Nationalism 209(28) This Temple of Liberty: Black Racialism and American Identity 237(42) Conclusion: Black Protest and the Continuing Revolution 279(12) Epilogue 291(8) Notes 299(52) Bibliography 351(58) Index 409