- Title Pages
- Contents
- Introduction
-
Chapter One “Many Flowers among Us”1 -
Chapter Two “Call Me Lib” -
Chapter Three “Stolen from Africa”1 -
Chapter Four “The Day of Small Things”1 -
Chapter Five “Bound out in a Clergyman’s Family”1 -
Chapter Six “Laugh an’ Sing Until Tomorrow” -
Chapter Seven “In Saucy Defiance” -
Chapter Eight “Served as a Seaman”1 -
Chapter Nine Partus Sequitur Ventrem -
Chapter Ten “He Refused Unless We Would Ride on Top”1 -
Chapter Eleven “The Sun Has Risen Gloriously upon the Earth”1 -
Chapter Twelve “The Circle of your Acquaintance” -
Chapter Thirteen “The Great Day Has Arrived”1 -
Chapter Fourteen Celebrating Revolutions -
Chapter Fifteen Holy Vows -
Chapter Sixteen Black Founders and the Roots of Black Political Thought1 -
Chapter Seventeen “To Ameliorate Our Miserable Condition” -
Chapter Eighteen “The Most Noble, Fearless, and Undaunted David Walker”1 -
Chapter Nineteen “Cup of Sorrow”1 -
Chapter Twenty Meditations -
Chapter Twenty-one Maria W. Stewart and the Principles of Moral and Political Theory -
Chapter Twenty-two “A Rational and Accountable Creature” -
Chapter Twenty-three “Why Sit Ye Here and Die?” -
Chapter Twenty-four “On African Rights and Liberty” -
Chapter Twenty-five “Farewell Address” - Postscript
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
Introduction
Introduction
Maria W. Stewart Her Life and Thought
- Chapter:
- (p.3) Introduction
- Source:
- Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought
- Author(s):
Kristin Waters
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
In this introduction, Waters discusses the scope of this book. Exploring the life and thought of Maria W. Stewart, Waters considers first Stewart’s earliest years, then her move from Hartford to Boston, and examine closely the most intellectually productive time in the life of a woman whose journey took her from indentured servitude to recognition as a writer, speaker, thinker, and political philosopher. Waters reveals the methodology used in her research.
Keywords: Maria W. Stewart, Hartford, Boston, Intellectual, Political philosopher
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- Title Pages
- Contents
- Introduction
-
Chapter One “Many Flowers among Us”1 -
Chapter Two “Call Me Lib” -
Chapter Three “Stolen from Africa”1 -
Chapter Four “The Day of Small Things”1 -
Chapter Five “Bound out in a Clergyman’s Family”1 -
Chapter Six “Laugh an’ Sing Until Tomorrow” -
Chapter Seven “In Saucy Defiance” -
Chapter Eight “Served as a Seaman”1 -
Chapter Nine Partus Sequitur Ventrem -
Chapter Ten “He Refused Unless We Would Ride on Top”1 -
Chapter Eleven “The Sun Has Risen Gloriously upon the Earth”1 -
Chapter Twelve “The Circle of your Acquaintance” -
Chapter Thirteen “The Great Day Has Arrived”1 -
Chapter Fourteen Celebrating Revolutions -
Chapter Fifteen Holy Vows -
Chapter Sixteen Black Founders and the Roots of Black Political Thought1 -
Chapter Seventeen “To Ameliorate Our Miserable Condition” -
Chapter Eighteen “The Most Noble, Fearless, and Undaunted David Walker”1 -
Chapter Nineteen “Cup of Sorrow”1 -
Chapter Twenty Meditations -
Chapter Twenty-one Maria W. Stewart and the Principles of Moral and Political Theory -
Chapter Twenty-two “A Rational and Accountable Creature” -
Chapter Twenty-three “Why Sit Ye Here and Die?” -
Chapter Twenty-four “On African Rights and Liberty” -
Chapter Twenty-five “Farewell Address” - Postscript
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
