Black prophets of justice : activist clergy before the Civil War by Swift, David Everett, 1914-

Table of Contents: “…The cast of characters -- The lay of the land -- Presbyterian pastor and pioneer journalist : Samuel Cornish in the 1820s -- Education, abolition, and Black-White interaction : Theodore Wright and Samuel Cornish, 1830 to 1836 -- Black enterprise, White prejudice, and the birth of a political movement : Charles Ray, Samuel Cornish, and Theodore Wright, 1836 to 1840 -- Henry Highland Garnet, Charles Ray, and Black action programs in New York state in the 1840s -- Human betterment through church and the Bible : Garnet's and Ray's ministries in the 1840s -- Amos G. …”


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Before Harlem : an Anthology of African American Literature from the Long Nineteenth Century. by Mance, Ajuan Maria

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Contents by Date; Peter Williams (1786-1840); Absalom Jones (1746-1818); James Forten (1766-1842); Samuel Cornish (1795-1858)and John Russwurm (1799-1851); Amos Beman (1812-1874); George Moses Horton (1797-1883?)…”
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Freedom on my mind : the Columbia documentary history of the African American experience

Table of Contents: “…. -- Editorial from the first edition of Freedom's Journal / Rev. Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm -- Men of color, to arms! …”


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