Dr. Andre E. Johnson is pleased to announce the publication of "An African American Pastor Before and During the American Civil War: The Literary Archive of Henry McNeal Turner, Vol 1" (Edwin Mellen Press, 2010). This is the first of a proposed 12 volume series that aims at collecting the letters, speeches, sermons and essays of Turner. Volume 1 consists of 63 writings from 1859-1865. Volume 2, "An African American Chaplain During the American Civil War" is forthcoming later this year. It will consist of 75 writings from 1863-1865. Volumes 3 and 4 will consist of Turner's writings from 1866-1879.
Praise for the Book:
Dr. Andre E. Johnson’s scholarship on the life, work, and writings of The Henry McNeal Turner recovers an incredibly important aspect of African American history. It is always an important occasion when a scholar goes beyond the study of well known historical figures to re-introduce a leader who lived beyond the limits of current life memories, and whose efforts paved the way for current benefits. The volumes that will follow, document Turner’s contributions to history through his copious writings. Dr Johnson, a rhetorician, theologian, professor and pastor, is uniquely suited to edit volumes that will enhance our understanding of Turner’s work and the political, theological, and legal issues of the antebellum and reconstruction period.-Barbara A. Holmes, Professor of Ethics and African American Studies, Memphis Theological Seminary
In this collection of writings and speeches Dr. Andre E. Johnson opens up an aspect of American history that has been unavailable to scholars and general readers, the history of African Americans during the last half of the 19th-century and early 20th-century revealed through the mind of a southern black man. Johnson characterizes Henry McNeal Turner as a public intellectual of his time given the range of topics he addresses and the vast quantity of his published and unpublished writing. A sample of what this collection has to offer is provided in Volume I, which covers the American Civil War period, 1859-1865. In this first volume, we experience some of Turner’s personal life through his Journal writings; we share his reflections on language, politics and theology among other topics in his Essays and Sermons; and we read his first-hand accounts of war and politics in Washington, DC during Lincoln’s Presidency in Turner’s writing as a newspaper correspondent. Furthermore, the problem of slavery and its resolution are interwoven through all Turner’s writings on whatever topic. This is what truly distinguishes these writings. We see American history from an uncommon angle, from the point of view of a black man striving to find freedom and equality for all people of color in a society that condoned racism and racist practices.-Sandra Sarkela, Associate Professor and Interim Chair of Communications, University of Memphis
Praise for the Book:
Dr. Andre E. Johnson’s scholarship on the life, work, and writings of The Henry McNeal Turner recovers an incredibly important aspect of African American history. It is always an important occasion when a scholar goes beyond the study of well known historical figures to re-introduce a leader who lived beyond the limits of current life memories, and whose efforts paved the way for current benefits. The volumes that will follow, document Turner’s contributions to history through his copious writings. Dr Johnson, a rhetorician, theologian, professor and pastor, is uniquely suited to edit volumes that will enhance our understanding of Turner’s work and the political, theological, and legal issues of the antebellum and reconstruction period.-Barbara A. Holmes, Professor of Ethics and African American Studies, Memphis Theological Seminary
In this collection of writings and speeches Dr. Andre E. Johnson opens up an aspect of American history that has been unavailable to scholars and general readers, the history of African Americans during the last half of the 19th-century and early 20th-century revealed through the mind of a southern black man. Johnson characterizes Henry McNeal Turner as a public intellectual of his time given the range of topics he addresses and the vast quantity of his published and unpublished writing. A sample of what this collection has to offer is provided in Volume I, which covers the American Civil War period, 1859-1865. In this first volume, we experience some of Turner’s personal life through his Journal writings; we share his reflections on language, politics and theology among other topics in his Essays and Sermons; and we read his first-hand accounts of war and politics in Washington, DC during Lincoln’s Presidency in Turner’s writing as a newspaper correspondent. Furthermore, the problem of slavery and its resolution are interwoven through all Turner’s writings on whatever topic. This is what truly distinguishes these writings. We see American history from an uncommon angle, from the point of view of a black man striving to find freedom and equality for all people of color in a society that condoned racism and racist practices.-Sandra Sarkela, Associate Professor and Interim Chair of Communications, University of Memphis
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