About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items A vindication of the capacity of the Negro race for self-government, and civilized progress

A vindication of the capacity of the Negro race for self-government, and civilized progress : as demonstrated by historical events of the Haytian revolution; and the subsequent acts of that people since their national independence. A lecture

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

  • Schomburg Center Scrapbooks
  • Relazione della spedizione e conquista dell'isola di S. Domingo
  • Harlem, Mecca of the new Negro
  • A Poetical Epistle to the King of Hayti
  • Considérations diverses sur Haïti
  • Negro anthology
  • The Independent Republic of Liberia
  • The Negro; a selected bibliography
  • The history of the New-York African free-schools, from their establishment in 1787, to the present time...
  • Observations on the inslaving, importing, and purchasing of Negroes; with some advice thereon, extracted from the epistle of the yearly-meeting of the people called Quakers held at London in the year 1748.
  • The speech of William Wilberforce, esq., representative for the county of York, on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1789, on the question of the abolition of the slave trade
  • An address to the people of Great Britain, on the utility of refraining from the use of West India sugar and rum
  • Comparative statement with reference to a British claim against the United States, for the illegal seizure and condemnation of the ship "Francis and Eliza", and an American claim against Her Majesty's government, for the seizure and liberation of slaves on board two American vessels stranded upon the Bahamas, for which latter claim the proprietors of the slaves have lately received a large compensation from Her Majesty's government
  • Véritable origine des troubles de S.-Domingue : et des différentes causes qui les ont produits
  • Relation d'une conspiration tramée par les nègres
Previous Next

This Item

View this item elsewhere:

Title
A vindication of the capacity of the Negro race for self-government, and civilized progress : as demonstrated by historical events of the Haytian revolution; and the subsequent acts of that people since their national independence. A lecture
Names
Holly, James Theodore, 1829-1911 (Author)
Stanley, William H. (Printer)
Unger, Sigmund (Engraver)
Afric-American Printing Co (Bookseller)
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso,1874-1938, (Former owner)
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso,1874-1938, (Inscriber)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1857
Place: New Haven
Publisher: William H. Stanley, printer
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 972.94-H (Holly, J. T. Vindication of the... Negro race)
Topics
Soulouque, Faustin, approximately 1788-1867
Black people -- Haiti
Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804
Haiti -- Politics and government
Genres
Books
Portraits
Notes
Citation/reference: Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 1087
Statement of responsibility: by Rev. Jas. Theo. Holly ; published for the Afric-American Printing Co., John P. Anthony, agent.
Content: In printed paper wrappers.
Content: Frontispiece portrait of Faustin Soulouque, Emperor of Haiti, engraved by Smd. Unger.
Content: Afric-American Printing Company advertisement, p. [47]-48.
Ownership: Copy in Sc Rare 972.94-H (accession no. B544692) inscribed: in ink on recto of upper wrapper "A. Schomburg." With the bookplate: "From the Library of Arthur A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Physical Description
Extent: 48 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portraits ; 22 cm
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR28203781-B
RLIN/OCLC: 28203781
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11734774
NYPL Exhibition ID: SC 26.701.51
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a3632b30-d2f5-013e-a5f7-0242ac110004
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1829: Creator Born
  • 1857: Issued
  • 1911: Creator Died
  • 2026: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "A vindication of the capacity of the Negro race for self-government, and civilized progress " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d208ee20-d2f6-013e-8a42-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "A vindication of the capacity of the Negro race for self-government, and civilized progress " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 16, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d208ee20-d2f6-013e-8a42-0242ac110003

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1857). A vindication of the capacity of the Negro race for self-government, and civilized progress Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d208ee20-d2f6-013e-8a42-0242ac110003

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d208ee20-d2f6-013e-8a42-0242ac110003 | title= (text) A vindication of the capacity of the Negro race for self-government, and civilized progress , (1857) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 16, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

A vindication of the capacity of the Negro race for self-government, and civilized progress