05212nam 22005893 450 991100259190332120250411080308.01-64336-580-0(MiAaPQ)EBC31727601(Au-PeEL)EBL31727601(CKB)38280585600041(OCoLC)1514635231(EXLCZ)993828058560004120250411d2025 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFree Black Charlestonians in Debate The Complete Proceedings of the Clionian Debating Society, 1847-18581st ed.Columbia :University of South Carolina Press,2025.©2025.1 online resource (216 pages)1-64336-579-7 1-64336-557-6 Cover -- Free Black Charlestonians in Debate -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Performing Freedom on Slavery's Hearth -- Note on Transcription -- Proceedings of the Clionian Debating Society, November 5, 1847-January 14, 1858 -- 1847 -- 1848 -- 1849 -- 1850 -- 1851 -- 1852 -- 1853 -- 1854 -- 1855 -- 1856 -- 1857 -- 1858 -- Appendix A Members, Honorary Members, and Supporters -- Appendix B Debating Questions and Decisions -- Appendix C Orations -- Appendix D Publications Acquired for Society Library -- Further Reading -- Index."The comprehensive, never-before-published records of a debating society run by free Black men From 1847 until 1858, when "political disadvantages" prompted its dissolution, the Clionian Debating Society, a group of free Black men, met regularly in Charleston, South Carolina. Reconstruction-era leaders such as Henry Cardozo, who would serve in the SC state legislature, and Simeon W. Beaird, who was elected to Georgia's state constitutional convention in 1867, were among its membership.Free Black Charlestonians in Debate brings together the Clionian Society's minutes in a comprehensive scholarly edition, reuniting the two original handwritten volumes that are now housed in the collections of the Charleston Library Society and Duke University. The annotated transcription is supported by an introduction, appendixes summarizing key features of the society's membership and operations, recommendations for further reading, and an index. Made easily accessible for the first time, these minutes represent an important piece of Black intellectual history that offers insight into the educational training of young men of the free Black community in antebellum Charleston, some of whom became religious and political leaders in the Reconstruction South"--Provided by publisher."The comprehensive, never-before-published records of a debating society run by free Black men. From 1847 until 1858, when "political disadvantages" prompted its dissolution, the Clionian Debating Society, a group of free Black men, met regularly in Charleston, South Carolina. Reconstruction-era leaders such as Henry Cardozo, who would serve in the SC state legislature, and Simeon W. Beaird, who was elected to Georgia's state constitutional convention in 1867, were among its membership. Free Black Charlestonians in Debate brings together the Clionian Society's minutes in a comprehensive scholarly edition, reuniting the two original handwritten volumes that are now housed in the collections of the Charleston Library Society and Duke University. The annotated transcription is supported by an introduction, appendixes summarizing key features of the society's membership and operations, recommendations for further reading, and an index. Made easily accessible for the first time, these minutes represent an important piece of Black intellectual history that offers insight into the educational training of young men of the free Black community in antebellum Charleston, some of whom became religious and political leaders in the Reconstruction South"--Provided by publisher.Debates and debatingSouth CarolinaCharlestonSocieties, etcFree African AmericansSouth CarolinaCharlestonSocieties, etcDebates and debatingSouth CarolinaCharlestonHistory19th centuryFree African AmericansSouth CarolinaCharlestonIntellectual life19th centuryHISTORY / African American & BlackbisacshLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / RhetoricbisacshRecords (Documents)lcgftDebates and debatingSocieties, etc.Free African AmericansSocieties, etc.Debates and debatingHistoryFree African AmericansIntellectual lifeHISTORY / African American & BlackLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric808.5306/0757915HIS056000LAN015000bisacshRay Angela G1222515MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911002591903321Free Black Charlestonians in Debate4380141UNINA