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Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart

Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart

by Maria W. STEWART (1803 - 1880)

Maria W. Stewart was America's first black woman political writer. Between 1831 and 1833, she gave four speeches on the topics of slavery and women's rights. Meditations From The Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart—published in 1879, shortly before her death—is a collection of those speeches as well as her memoir, some meditations and prayers. They are political, poetical and sermon all at the same time; but in the mileu in which she lectured, they were a critically important part of the abolitionist movement years before the contributions of others such as Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth. Her speeches and essays espoused a return to Christian values and morality, but also proposed fundamental changes in gender roles in the midst of tremendous public opposition to the rights of blacks and of women. (Introduction by James K. White)


00 - Preface/Letters and Commendations

01 - Sufferings During The War

02 - Religion - Introduction

03 - Religion - Prayer

04 - Meditations Introduction, I, II and Prayer

05 - Meditations III, IV and Prayer

06 - Meditations V, VI, VII and Prayer

07 - Meditation VIII and Prayer

08 - Meditations IX, X and Prayer

09 - Meditations XI, XII and Prayer

10 - Meditation XIII, Prayer and Meditation XIV

11 - Lecture

12 - An Address Delivered Before The Afric-American Female Intelligence Society of Boston

13 - An Address Delivered at the African Masonic Hall, Boston

14 - Mrs. Stewart's Farewell Address To Her Friends In The City Of Boston