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Downtown in Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Martin R. Delany

(1812-1885)

 
 
Martin R. Delany Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, April 27, 2011
1. Martin R. Delany Marker
Inscription. A promoter of African-American nationalism, Delany published a Black newspaper, The Mystery, at an office near here. He attended Harvard Medical School, practiced medicine in Pittsburgh, and was commissioned as a major in the Civil War.
 
Erected 1991 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansIndustry & CommerceWar, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission series list.
 
Location. 40° 26.364′ N, 80° 0.193′ W. Marker is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in Downtown. Marker is on 3rd Avenue near Market Street, on the right when traveling east. Located across 3rd Avenue from the plaza at PPG Place. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pittsburgh PA 15222, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. John Scull (within shouting distance of this marker); Burke's Landmark (within shouting distance of this marker); Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Benedum-Trees Building (about 300 feet away); Work Accidents and the Law
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(about 400 feet away); The First Holy Mass at Fort Duquesne (about 400 feet away); Louis Kossuth (about 500 feet away); High Water Mark (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittsburgh.
 
Also see . . .
1. Martin R. Delany - Behind the Marker. (Submitted on July 7, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
2. Maj Martin Delaney at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on February 20, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
 
Martin R. Delany Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, April 27, 2011
2. Martin R. Delany Marker
Martin R. Delany Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, April 27, 2011
3. Martin R. Delany Marker
PPG Place in background
Martin R. Delany image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Unknown
4. Martin R. Delany
Major Martin Robinson Delany image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Unknown, circa 1865
5. Major Martin Robinson Delany
An outspoken abolitionist who cofounded the North Star newspaper with Frederick Douglass in 1848, Pittsburgh’s Martin Delany in the 1850s became the nation’s leading advocate of black Americans emigration back to Africa. The highest ranking African-American officer during the American Civil War, Delany in 1879 published his last major work, Principia of Ethnology: The Origin of Races and Color, in which he extolled the virtues of the black race and their contributions to civilization.
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, NPG. 95.46
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,114 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 27, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.   5. submitted on July 26, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.

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