Last updated: March 10th 2022.
Some of the books I have read so far in 2022 (to be updated throughout the year):
James W.C. Pennington: A Text Book of the Origin and History, etc, of the Colored People (1837) – one of the earliest Black histories written by a Black person that I could find. It turned out to be more of a preface to such a history since Pennington had to first knock down common racist assumptions.
Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre (1847) – I read this way back when. It has vastly improved since then.
Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1849) – I also read this way back when. It has not improved upon a second reading.
Sojourner Truth: Narrative (1850) – one of those books I am embarrasssed not to have read. Emarrassed no longer!
What I am reading now:
Melville: Moby-Dick (1851) – I read half of it in high school. I need to read it all the way through once and for all.
Frederick Douglass: Speeches (1841-52) – an X-ray machine on the US.
The 1619 Project (2021) – a chapter a week with a post on each chapter.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) – also a chapter a week, in this case to match its serialization 170 years ago. I hope to do a post on the whole book when I finish in April!
Bible (367) – both the New Testament and Psalms, a chapter a day each.
What I hope to read: These are mainly from my autumn reading which I made little headway on:
Josiah Henson: Life (1849) – this is who Uncle Tom was based on!
Martin Delany: The Condition, elevation, emigration, and destiny of the colored people of the United States. Politically considered (1852) – sounds good to me. And looks pretty thorough.
Suggestions: If you want to suggest or recommend a book, please leave it in the comments below! Thanks.
– Abagond, 2022.
See also:
- books
- Books I wish I had read sooner
- How to find a good book: the 15 Year Rule
- 1851 media diet
- Black American writing, early 1800s
- The Black counter-frame – shared by Douglass and Delany
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Abagond 
Abagond, you should read “Bitter Harvest”/“The Great Betrayal” by Ian Douglas Smith, may his memory be a blessing.
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