THE CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, AND DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARTIN ROBISON DELANY

PUBLISHED 1852.

[PREFACE]
[I] Condition of Many Classes in Europe Considered
[II] Comparative Condition of the Colored People of the United States
[III] American Colonization
[IV] Our Elevation in the United States
[V] Means of Elevation
[VI] The United States Our Country
[VII] Claims of Colored Men as Citizens of the United States
[VIII] Colored American Warriors
[IX] Capacity of Colored Men and Women as Citizen Members of Community
[X] Practical Utility of Colored People of the Present Day as Members of Society—Business Men and Mechanics
[XI] Literary and Professional Colored Men and Women
[XII] Students of Various Professions
[XIII] A Scan at Past Things
[XIV] Late Men of Literary, Professional and Artistic Note
[XV] Farmers and Herdsmen
[XVI] National Disfranchisement of Colored People
[XVII] Emigration of the Colored People of the United States
[XVIII] "Republic of Liberia"
[XIX] The Canadas
[XX] Central and South America and the West Indies
[XXI] Nicaragua and New Grenada
[XXII] Things as They Are
[XXIII] A Glance at Ourselves—Conclusion
[APPENDIX] A Project for an Expedition of Adventure, to the Eastern Coast of Africa

Sincerely dedicated to the American People, North and South.