Chapter 64 - Black Writers of the Founding Era

This club meeting the siblings discuss the following three texts from Black Writers of the Founding Era:1. A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture2. 1799 Petition of Absalom Jones, and Others, People of Color, and Freemen Against the Slave Trade to the Coast of Guinea3. Belinda Sutton’s 1783 PetitionProfessor Marquita Reed-Wright joins them in the conversation to lend her professional expertise on black writers in the founding era, activism, and black culture preserved through print. She sheds light on the fact that Black writers were integral to the founding of America. This episode is part of the America 250 Chapter celebrating America’s 250th Birthday. This chapter was inspired by House of Speakeasy’s book-mobile tour. The book-mobile will be handing out American texts critical to the founding of our country at various locations throughout the original 13 Colonies.