Black Identity and Black Protest in the Antebellum North

Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Martin Delany — these figures stand out in the annals of black protest for their vital antislavery efforts. But what of the rest of their generation, the thousands of other free blacks in the North? Patrick Rael explores the tradition of protest and sense of racial identity forged by both famous and lesser-known black leaders in antebellum America and illuminat...