Martin Robison Delaney (Cedarville, Ohio)

Martin Robison Delaney (Cedarville, Ohio)

This monument was erected in 2004

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United States of America

Martin Robison Delaney (Cedarville, Ohio)

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https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Martin_Robison_Delaney_(Cedarville,_Ohio)

Stone – carved

The Ohio Bicentennial Commission, the Scotts Company, and The Ohio Historical Society.

"Martin Robison Delany May 6, 1812 – Jan. 24, 1885 Catherine A. (Richards) Delany Oct. 10, 1822 – July 11, 1894 Placido Rameses Delany 1862 – 1910 Faustin Soulouque Delany 1859 – 1912 Ethiopia Hallie Amelia Delany 1864 – 1920 The son of an enslaved father and free Black mother, Martin Delany became one of the most prominent Black leaders in 19th Century America. Of direct African lineage, the “Father of Black Nationalism” promoted Black pride and self-determination. Delany was born May 6, 1812 in Charles Town, in present day West Virginia. Because it was illegal for Blacks to be Event Markercated there, his mother moved the family to Pennsylvania. Delany studied medicine, founded a newspaper, “The Mystery,” and advocated rights for African Americans and women. He co-edited “The North Star” with abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Delany risked his life as a leader in the Underground Railroad, established to assist the enslaved on their flight to freedom. In 1859 Delany traveled to Africa in an attempt to secure a homeland for Black Americans. As the United States moved toward Civil War, Delany believed a Union victory would end slavery. He recruited Black troops and met with President Lincoln to propose a strategy for winning the war with Black officers leading Black soldiers. Delany was commissioned a Major, the highest ranking Black field officer in the Union Army. He later served in the Freedman’s Bureau to protect the rights of the formerly enslaved. He moved to Wilberforce, Ohio in 1864 to provide his children a quality Event Markercation. As an abolitionist, physician, leader in Prince Hall Freemasonry, politician, judge, and writer. Delany fought to achieve justice and equality for all Americans of African descent."

Ohio

Greene

Emancipation

Cedarville

Cemetery