History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

HAP 51 - I Read Men and Nations - Sojourner Truth and Frances Harper

The moral crusades of Sojourner Truth and Frances Harper, activists against racial and gender oppression.

HAP 50 - Nation Within a Nation - Martin Delany

He is called a “father of black nationalism,” but Martin Delany also promoted integration in American society. Can the apparent tension be resolved?

HAP 49 - Let Your Motto Be Resistance - Henry Highland Garnet

Henry Highland Garnet encourages, or actually demands, that enslaved Americans throw off their chains and debates Douglass over how best to resist slavery.

HAP 48 - Happy Holidays - Two Speeches by Frederick Douglass

In two speeches marking holidays, Frederick Douglass champions the idea of world citizenship, the power of appeals to conscience to bring change, and the role of violence.

HAP 47 - Written by Himself - the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass' journey from slave to leading figure of 19th century American thought.

HAP 46 - Melvin Rogers on 19th Century Political Thought

Melvin Rogers joins us to discuss Hosea Walker, Maria Stewart, and Hosea Easton.

HAP 45 - Unnatural Causes - Hosea Easton’s Treatise

Hosea Easton’s Treatise provides an overlooked but fascinating theory of race and racism.

HAP 44 - Religion and Pure Principles - Maria W. Stewart

Maria W. Stewart’s public addresses bring the concerns of African American women into the struggle against racial prejudice.

HAP 43 - Kill or Be Killed - David Walker’s Appeal

David Walker defends violent resistance and encourages self-improvement in his incendiary and influential Appeal.

HAP 42 - James Sidbury on African Identity

An interview with James Sidbury about the emergence of a self-conscious African identity in the diaspora.