To Be More Than Equal: The Many Lives of Martin R. Delany1812-1885

Explorer
Doctor
Author
Thinker
Trailblazer
First Black Field Officerin the US Army
And Conscience to All

"His was a magnificent life, and yet, how many of us have heard of him?"--W.E.B. DuBois, The Pittsburgh Courier, July 25, 1936.

"Do not fail to meet this most extraordinary and intelligent black man."--President Abraham Lincoln toSecretary of War Edwin Stanton, February 8, 1865

Introduction
Search Index
Time Line
Early Years
Pittsburgh Years
"The North Star" Years
Lost Hope
Abroad
Wartime
Carolina Reconstruction

Moments
Meeting John Brown
Niger Valley Trip
Ohio Mob Attacks
The Ambassador Storms Out
"Extraordinary Man" Says Lincoln
"I Will Never Be Whipped"
"Law Breaking n' Learnin' to Read"
Blacks Riot Against Delany

Bibliography
Ph.D. Dissertations
Martin Delany's Writings
Writings on Martin Delany
Places to Do Research

What Martin Delany Wrote and Thought
Poems

Speeches On:
The Fugitive Slave Law
Black Americans Awaken
Africa's Importance
Self Help

Letters To:
Henry Burnham
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Oliver Johnson
Edwin Stanton
On Charleston, SC
H.H. Garnet

In "The Mystery"
On Civil Rights
On Culture
A Noble Suicide
"The Mystery's" Goals
On Slavecatchers
President James Polk
On The Constitution

In "The North Star"
On Greed
On Life
On Judge McLean'sFamous Case
On Racism
On Nature
On War
On Liberia
On Youth
In "The Provincial Freeman"
In "The Chatham Planet"
On the Hypocrisy ofWhite Abolitionists
On Black Freemasonry,Introduction
On Black Freemasonry, Part 1
On Black Freemasonry, Part 2
On Black Freemasonry, Part 3

"The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of theColored People of the United States"
Introduction
Ch. 1 Europe
Ch. 2 The United States
Ch. 3 Leaving the US
Ch. 4 Prospects in US
Ch. 5 Means of Elevation
Ch. 6 Our Country &Ch. 7 Our Claims
Ch. 8 Warriors
Ch. 9 Our Abilities
Ch. 10 Our Practical Skills
Ch. 11 Educated Classes
Ch. 12 Students
Ch. 13 Looking Back
Ch. 14 Artists
Ch. 15 Farmers
Ch. 16 Voteless Blacks
Ch. 17 Emigrate!
Ch. 18 Go to Liberia?
Ch. 19 Go to Canada?
Ch. 20 The Other Americas?
Ch. 21 Go To Nicaragua?
Ch. 22 Status Quo
Ch. 23 Self Study
Appen. We Go to Africa

"The Origin of Races and Color"
Introduction
Ch. 1 The Origin of Race/Color &Ch. 2 Creation of Man
Ch. 3 Original Man &Ch. 4 Noah's Family
Ch. 5 The Origin of Races
Ch. 6 How Color Begins
Ch. 7 Special Note
Ch. 8 Progress of Races
Ch. 9 Black Race Progress
Ch. 10 Achievements
Ch. 11 Literature
Ch. 12 Religious Polity
Ch. 13 First Gods
Ch. 14 Ancient Wisdom
Ch. 15 Myths of Hesperides
Ch. 16 Garden Serpent
Ch. 17 Ethiopia
Ch. 18 Comparing Cultures