Invisible founders : how two centuries of African American families transformed a plantation into a college /

"Literal and metaphorical excavations at Sweet Briar College reveal how African American labor enabled the transformation of Sweet Briar Plantation into a private women's college in 1906. This volume tells the story of the invisible founders of a college founded by and for white women. Des...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rainville, Lynn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2019.
Temas:
Sweet Briar College > History.
Sweet Briar College
African Americans > Virginia > Sweet Briar > History.
Enslaved persons > Virginia > Sweet Briar > History.
Women's colleges > Virginia > Sweet Briar > History.
EDUCATION > Higher.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
African Americans
Enslaved persons
Women's colleges
Virginia > Sweet Briar
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Invisible workers
  • Family origins, 1685-1810
  • Slavery in Virginia, 1811-1830
  • Survival strategies, 1831-1857
  • Families divided, 1858-1865
  • Freedom communities, 1866-1883
  • Mourning the dead, 1884-1900
  • Forgotten founders, 1901-2001
  • Commemorating founders.

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