Abolitionists Remember : Antislavery Autobiographies and the Unfinished Work of Emancipation /

Jeffrey examines the autobiographical writings of former abolitionists such as Laura Haviland, Frederick Douglass, Parker Pillsbury, and Samuel J. May, revealing that they wrote not only to counter the popular image of themselves as fanatics, but also to remind readers of the harsh reality of slaver...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jeffrey, Julie Roy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
War > Causes.
Slaves > Emancipation.
Memory > Social aspects.
Fugitive slaves.
Autobiography > African American authors.
Autobiography.
Antislavery movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American abolitionists.
Abolitionists.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
autobiography (genre)
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Autobiographie.
Esclaves fugitifs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Abolitionnistes noirs americains > Biographies.
Abolitionnistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Autobiographies as Topic
Memory > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Emancipation > United States.
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
African American abolitionists > Biography.
Abolitionists > United States > Biography.
United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
Autobiographies.
History.
Biographies.
Autobiography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Jeffrey examines the autobiographical writings of former abolitionists such as Laura Haviland, Frederick Douglass, Parker Pillsbury, and Samuel J. May, revealing that they wrote not only to counter the popular image of themselves as fanatics, but also to remind readers of the harsh reality of slavery and to advocate equal rights for African Americans in an era of growing racism, Jim Crow, and the Ku Klux Klan. --from publisher description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (352 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469602271

Ejemplares similares