Download American to the Backbone: The Life of James W. C. Pennington, the Fugitive Slave Who Became One of the First Black Abolitionists AudioBook Free
The incredible tale of a ignored hero - a past slave, Yale scholar, minister, and international innovator of the Antebellum abolitionist motion At age 19, scared and illiterate, Adam Pennington, escaped from slavery in 1827 and soon became one of the leading voices against slavery before the Civil Warfare. Just 10 years after his get away, Pennington was ordained as a priest after their studies at Yale and was soon vacationing worldwide as an anti-slavery advocate. He was so well well known by European viewers that the University or college of Heidelberg given him an honorary doctorate, making him the first person of African descent to receive such a qualification. This treatment was a long way off from his home over the Atlantic, where people like him, although no more slaves, were still second-class residents. As he fought for equal rights in America, Pennington's voice had not been limited to the preacher's pulpit. He wrote the first-ever "History of the Shaded People" and a careful review of the moral basis for civil disobedience, which would be echoed ages later by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Greater than a hundred years before Rosa Parks had taken her monumental bus ride, Pennington challenged segregated seats in NEW YORK street autos. He was beaten and caught, but eventually vindicated when the brand new York Express Supreme Court purchased the autos to be integrated. Although the struggle for equality was far from over, Pennington maintained a delightful sense of humor, intellectual vivacity, and uplifting faith through it all. American to the Backbone brings alive this fascinating, ignored pioneer, who helped place the foundation for the modern civil rights trend and inspire decades of future market leaders.
