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- February 4th, 2024, 10:59 am
- Forum: Languages other than English: Help, Discussion, & Suggestions
- Topic: Any interest in Latin projects?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5459
Re: Any interest in Latin projects?
Anton Wilhelm Amo, Dissertatio Inauguralis Philosophica De Humanae Mentis Apatheia, Seu Sensionis Ac Facultatis Sentiendi In Mente Humana Absentia Et Earum In Corpore Nostro Organico Ac Vivo Praesentia https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht/?PPN=PPN634497863 (via https://forum.libriv...
- January 27th, 2024, 6:56 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: Books by Shirley Graham (Du Bois)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 906
Re: Books by Shirley Graham (Du Bois)
Returning to note that There was once a slave ... The heroic story of Frederick Douglass just received a copyright clearance from Project Gutenberg according to https://inprogress.pglaf.org.
- January 17th, 2024, 4:46 pm
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: Books by Hubert H. Harrison
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1439
Books by Hubert H. Harrison
Harrison was an influential writer & autodidact; his Wikipedia page states that he "profoundly influenced a generation of 'New Negro' militants, including A. Philip Randolph, Chandler Owen, Marcus Garvey, Richard Benjamin Moore, W. A. Domingo, Williana Burroughs, and Cyril Briggs." Whe...
- January 17th, 2024, 11:14 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: Books Written by African-American Authors (not yet in the catalogue)
- Replies: 202
- Views: 54508
Re: Books Written by African-American Authors (not yet in the catalogue)
Here's a short one by Eslanda Goode Robeson, What do the people of Africa want?:
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102485310
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102485310
- January 15th, 2024, 6:18 pm
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: Books Written by African-American Authors (not yet in the catalogue)
- Replies: 202
- Views: 54508
Re: Books Written by African-American Authors (not yet in the catalogue)
I'm not sure if either of the Du Boises changed their ethnic identification after they left the u.s., but since W.E.B. has works listed here Shirley Graham probably should too:
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- January 15th, 2024, 5:39 pm
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: Books by Shirley Graham (Du Bois)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 906
Books by Shirley Graham (Du Bois)
Shirley Graham Du Bois was a well-known 20th century anti-imperialist, antiracist, & socialist. Two of her historical biographies for children are on HathiTrust full view: There was once a slave ... The heroic story of Frederick Douglass https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000011017 Jean Bapti...
- January 4th, 2024, 12:18 pm
- Forum: Languages other than English: Help, Discussion, & Suggestions
- Topic: [DUTCH] algemene discussie van denkbare titels
- Replies: 260
- Views: 136835
Re: [DUTCH] algemene discussie van denkbare titels
Baron de Vastey: De Negerstaat van Hayti of Sint Domingo : geschetst in zijne geschiedenis en in zijnen tegenwoordigen toestand
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100614686
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100614686
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- January 4th, 2024, 7:40 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: Lucy Parsons & late 19th-century Chicago anarchists
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1500
Lucy Parsons & late 19th-century Chicago anarchists
Lucy E. Parsons was a prominent figure in the late 19th & early 20th century radical labor movement in the u.s. The famous speeches of the eight Chicago anarchists in court when asked if they had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon them, October 7, 8 and 9, 1886 : exa...
- December 30th, 2023, 3:28 am
- Forum: Languages other than English: Help, Discussion, & Suggestions
- Topic: [FRENCH] Discussion générale d'œuvres potentielles
- Replies: 527
- Views: 169350
Re: [FRENCH] Discussion générale d'œuvres potentielles
Anténor Firmin: De l'égalité des races humaines : anthropologie positive. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k84229v?rk=21459;2 Lettres de Saint-Thomas : études sociologiques, historiques et littéraires. http://www.manioc.org/patrimon/PAP11089 Benito Sylvain: Étude historique sur le sort des indi...
- December 26th, 2023, 2:23 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: Ottobah Cugoano, Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species
- Replies: 0
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Ottobah Cugoano, Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species
A well-known abolitionist work, Quobna Ottobouh Cugoano's book had multiple editions published before the end of the 18th century, including a french translation, Réflexions sur la traité de l'esclavage des nègres, traduites de l'anglais, d'Ottobah Cugoano, Africain, esclave à La Grenade et libre en...
- December 25th, 2023, 10:30 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: Anton Wilhelm Amo
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1376
Anton Wilhelm Amo
Amo was an 18th century West African philosopher from what's now known as Ghana. One of his works is available here: http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002B5400000000 But it's in latin, which, I don't know if that's readable. Right now the earliest english translation of any of his work...
- December 25th, 2023, 8:50 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: Haitian authors
- Replies: 8
- Views: 572
Re: Haitian authors
Throwing out another author: Louis-Joseph Janvier (d. 1911). https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=Louis+Joseph+Janvier&searchtype=author&ft=ft&setft=true I'll probably keep posting in this thread for organizational reasons, but is it likely that the texts with HathiTrust or...
- December 25th, 2023, 8:13 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: [OK FOR LV?] Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army Volume I
- Replies: 5
- Views: 455
Re: Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army Volume I
Self-published works are not considered "traditionally published". (This would include the publishing-on-demand services that have sprung up over the past few years.) This is mentioned in the "What texts CANNOT be used" section of that wiki page. Yes, I noticed that, but I thoug...
- December 25th, 2023, 5:16 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: [OK FOR LV?] Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army Volume I
- Replies: 5
- Views: 455
Re: Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army Volume I
I'd guess this wouldn't meet our text criteria, as it doesn't seem to have been "traditionally published" as far as I can tell. :hmm: What are the criteria for "traditionally published" you're not sure it meets? It doesn't seem to be defined here, unless I should be looking some...
- December 25th, 2023, 5:09 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: Haitian authors
- Replies: 8
- Views: 572
Re: Haitian authors
Some more Haitians who likely have some work that should be public domain: Benito Sylvain (d. 1915) edited a newspaper & published this book. https://dloc.com/AA00093715/00001/pdf Baron de Vastey (d. 1820) has works which were published in english, french, & dutch well before the 20th centur...