Queries for the List

[Joel S. Berson]

I suggest:

      Rael, Patrick. "Introduction." In African-American Activism
before the Civil War: The Freedom Struggle in the Antebellum North,
ed. Patrick Rael (New York: Routeledge, 2008), esp. p. 18.
      Rael, Patrick. Black Identity & Black Protest in the Antebellum
North. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2002, esp. p. 85.

Rael discusses the "complicated and instructive" history of use of
the various terms, by those who identified themselves by those terms,
as well as (very likely!) by others.

Searching Early American Newspapers (which progresses into the 1840s,
I think) and Early American Imprints might be informative.  And
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (which I'm not familiar with).

Joel

At 2/24/2011 08:44 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
>A law professor is writing about the history and usage of the terms
>"African-American," "Afro-American," "Negro," "black," etc.  Can
>anyone suggest to me good books or articles treating this
>topic?  Also, can anyone suggest to me the names of knowledgeable
>scholars on this subject who might be willing to provide some input
>to the law professor?
>
>He also is seeking help in identifying a paper he saw about the
>speech of Martha's Vineyard, a paper that examined how homeowners on
>that island spoke differently when talking to visitors who did not
>own a home there.  Does anyone know of such a paper?
>
>Fred Shapiro
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