Martin Delany

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Martin Delany was a 19th-century African American abolitionist, writer, physician, and early Black nationalist leader who co-founded the antislavery newspaper The North Star with Frederick Douglass.

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Martin Delany canonical 3
Martin R. Delany 1
Martin Robison Delany 1

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instanceOf African American leader ⓘ
Black nationalist ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
person ⓘ
physician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
advocated Black emigration to Africa ⓘ
Black political and economic self-reliance ⓘ
birthDate 1812-05-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Charles Town, Virginia, United States ⓘ
present-day Charles Town, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
century 19th century ⓘ
citizenship United States ⓘ
coFounded The North Star ⓘ
coFoundedWith Frederick Douglass ⓘ
deathDate 1885-01-24 ⓘ
deathPlace Xenia, Ohio, United States ⓘ
linked to: Xenia, Ohio
edited The North Star ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Delany ⓘ
fullName Martin Robison Delany ⓘ
linked to: Martin Delany
genre fiction ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
givenName Martin ⓘ
influenced later Black nationalist thought ⓘ
knownAs an early Black nationalist leader ⓘ
language English ⓘ
militaryRank major ⓘ
movement Black nationalism ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
notableFor advocating Black emigration and self-determination ⓘ
being one of the first African Americans admitted to Harvard Medical School ⓘ
being one of the highest-ranking Black officers in the Union Army during the American Civil War ⓘ
notableWork Blake; or The Huts of America ⓘ
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
physician ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War ⓘ
residence Chatham, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
servedIn Union Army ⓘ
spouse Catherine Richards Delany ⓘ
subjectOf scholarship on African American political thought ⓘ
wroteAbout conditions of free Black people in the United States ⓘ

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The North Star → coFounder → Martin Delany ⓘ
The North Star → notableContributor → Martin Delany ⓘ
Martin Delany → fullName → Martin Robison Delany ⓘ
linked to: Martin Delany
National Negro Convention movement → hasParticipant → Martin R. Delany ⓘ
linked to: Martin Delany