NOT KNOWN TO GARVEY BIOGRAPHERS
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GARVEY, MARCUS. GARVEY, AMY JACQUES.
The original manuscript
for The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Edited by Amy Jacques
Garvey, [Second Edition.]
90 pages; 4to, original stationer’s cloth-backed stiff paper-
covered, lined notebook with manuscript in pen and pencil, as well as pasted in typed
portions and pasted-in clippings from The Negro World, Garvey’s newspaper; a few nota-
tions may be in Marcus Garvey’s hand; cover missing a couple of large pieces, lacking two
blank preliminary leaves and the presumed title-page; some chipping and general wear.
SHOULD BE SEEN
.
New York City, circa 1921-1925
[10,000/15,000]
THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT FOR THE SECOND EDITION OF THE
“
PHILOSOPHY AND
OPINIONS OF MARCUS GARVEY
,”
ASSEMBLED AND EDITED BY AMY JACQUES GARVEY
(1895-1978),
THE RADICAL LEADER
’
S SECOND WIFE
,
AND AMANUENSIS
.
It was Amy
Jacques who had compiled and edited the first edition of Garvey’s Philosophy and Opinions
(1923). In her Preface to the published work, Amy Jacques states that her purpose was not so
much to issue a second edition per se, but rather to record the more recent speeches, articles and
aphorisms by her husband. She adds, “In Chapter 1 of this volume, I have endeavored to place
before my readers gems of expression convincing in their truths.” The manuscript is really quite
a mixture of speeches, aphorisms, and even an original copy of a long telegram dated November
11, 1922 addressed to the President and Members of the International Conference on
Disarmament in Washington. The first identifiable “chapter” in the manuscript is titled The
Value of Minerals, and discusses the “overnight” millionaires in Oklahoma and Texas, black
farmers who just happened to find oil bubbling beneath their feet. The next chapter in the
manuscript is titled “Native Africans exploited by White Men.” There follows, a speech, cob-
bled together with clippings from the Negro World with some ink notes and titled “Christ the
Greatest Reformer,” dated December 24, 1922. Interspersed with the clippings are numerous
notes, quite possibly in Marcus Garvey’s hand. The next large piece in the manuscript is titled
