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Book/Printed Material The social principle among a people, and its bearing on their progress and development Discourse delivered on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1875, in Saint Mary's Chapel, Washington, D.C. / Thanksgiving discourse

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Title

  • The social principle among a people, and its bearing on their progress and development : a discourse delivered on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1875, in Saint Mary's Chapel, Washington, D.C.

Other Title

  • Discourse delivered on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1875, in Saint Mary's Chapel, Washington, D.C.
  • Thanksgiving discourse

Summary

  • Crummell, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1898, spoke out for black liberation and founded the Negro Academy. He issues here a bold and visionary call to black Americans not to rest upon their laurels but to unite and cooperate for the general uplifting of their race. Achievements in work, spirituality, the arts, etc., is the way to gain full social and political acceptance in American society.

Names

  • Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898.
  • St. Mary's Chapel (Washington, D.C.)
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C. : s.n., 1875]

Headings

  • -  African Americans--Race identity
  • -  Thanksgiving Day addresses

Genre

  • Addresses--Washington (D.C.)--1875

Notes

  • -  "Published by request."
  • -  LC copy has inscription in ink on t.p.: Wash. D.C. 1875.

Medium

  • 23 p. ; 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. E, no. 2

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898113

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Crummell, Alexander, St. Mary'S Chapel, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The social principle among a people, and its bearing on their progress and development: a discourse delivered on Thanksgiving Day, in Saint Mary's Chapel, Washington, D.C. [Washington, D.C.: s.n, 1875] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898113/.

APA citation style:

Crummell, A., St. Mary'S Chapel & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1875) The social principle among a people, and its bearing on their progress and development: a discourse delivered on Thanksgiving Day, in Saint Mary's Chapel, Washington, D.C. [Washington, D.C.: s.n] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898113/.

MLA citation style:

Crummell, Alexander, St. Mary'S Chapel, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The social principle among a people, and its bearing on their progress and development: a discourse delivered on Thanksgiving Day, in Saint Mary's Chapel, Washington, D.C. [Washington, D.C.: s.n, 1875] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898113/>.