01607cam a2200217 4500 100376114 TxAuBib 20110420120000.0 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 5236 LibriVox TxAuBib Stewart, Maria W. Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart [LibriVox] / Stewart, Maria W. 15 sound files : digital, MP3 or Ogg files. This is an online free audiobook and is compatible in most MP3 and iPod players. The text for this LibriVox audiobook came from public-domain text. Maria W. Stewart was America's first black woman political writer. Between 1831 and 1833, she gave four speeches on the topics of slavery and women's rights. [i]Meditations From The Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart[/i]—published in 1879, shortly before her death—is a collection of those speeches as well as her memoir, some meditations and prayers. They are political, poetical and sermon all at the same time; but in the mileu in which she lectured, they were a critically important part of the abolitionist movement years before the contributions of others such as Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth. Her speeches and essays espoused a return to Christian values and morality, but also proposed fundamental changes in gender roles in the midst of tremendous public opposition to the rights of blacks and of women. (Introduction by James K. White.) In MP3 and Ogg vorbis format. Electronic audiobooks. LibriVox.org. http://librivox.org/rss/5236