LEADER 05212nam 22005893 450 001 9911002591903321 005 20250411080308.0 010 $a1-64336-580-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31727601 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31727601 035 $a(CKB)38280585600041 035 $a(OCoLC)1514635231 035 $a(EXLCZ)9938280585600041 100 $a20250411d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFree Black Charlestonians in Debate $eThe Complete Proceedings of the Clionian Debating Society, 1847-1858 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aColumbia :$cUniversity of South Carolina Press,$d2025. 210 4$dİ2025. 215 $a1 online resource (216 pages) 311 08$a1-64336-579-7 311 08$a1-64336-557-6 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $a"The comprehensive, never-before-published records of a debating society run by free Black men From 1847 until 1858, when "political disadvantages" prompted its dissolution, the Clionian Debating Society, a group of free Black men, met regularly in Charleston, South Carolina. Reconstruction-era leaders such as Henry Cardozo, who would serve in the SC state legislature, and Simeon W. Beaird, who was elected to Georgia's state constitutional convention in 1867, were among its membership.Free Black Charlestonians in Debate brings together the Clionian Society's minutes in a comprehensive scholarly edition, reuniting the two original handwritten volumes that are now housed in the collections of the Charleston Library Society and Duke University. The annotated transcription is supported by an introduction, appendixes summarizing key features of the society's membership and operations, recommendations for further reading, and an index. Made easily accessible for the first time, these minutes represent an important piece of Black intellectual history that offers insight into the educational training of young men of the free Black community in antebellum Charleston, some of whom became religious and political leaders in the Reconstruction South"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"The comprehensive, never-before-published records of a debating society run by free Black men. From 1847 until 1858, when "political disadvantages" prompted its dissolution, the Clionian Debating Society, a group of free Black men, met regularly in Charleston, South Carolina. Reconstruction-era leaders such as Henry Cardozo, who would serve in the SC state legislature, and Simeon W. Beaird, who was elected to Georgia's state constitutional convention in 1867, were among its membership. Free Black Charlestonians in Debate brings together the Clionian Society's minutes in a comprehensive scholarly edition, reuniting the two original handwritten volumes that are now housed in the collections of the Charleston Library Society and Duke University. The annotated transcription is supported by an introduction, appendixes summarizing key features of the society's membership and operations, recommendations for further reading, and an index. Made easily accessible for the first time, these minutes represent an important piece of Black intellectual history that offers insight into the educational training of young men of the free Black community in antebellum Charleston, some of whom became religious and political leaders in the Reconstruction South"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aDebates and debating$zSouth Carolina$zCharleston$xSocieties, etc 606 $aFree African Americans$zSouth Carolina$zCharleston$xSocieties, etc 606 $aDebates and debating$zSouth Carolina$zCharleston$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFree African Americans$zSouth Carolina$zCharleston$xIntellectual life$y19th century 606 $aHISTORY / African American & Black$2bisacsh 606 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric$2bisacsh 608 $aRecords (Documents)$2lcgft 615 0$aDebates and debating$xSocieties, etc. 615 0$aFree African Americans$xSocieties, etc. 615 0$aDebates and debating$xHistory 615 0$aFree African Americans$xIntellectual life 615 7$aHISTORY / African American & Black 615 7$aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric 676 $a808.5306/0757915 686 $aHIS056000$aLAN015000$2bisacsh 700 $aRay$b Angela G$01222515 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911002591903321 996 $aFree Black Charlestonians in Debate$94380141 997 $aUNINA