Slavery - Emancipation, Abolition & African American Civil War Participation, Slavery & Abolitionism - African American History, 18th Century American History - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Encompassing a broad range of African American voices, from Frederick Douglass to anonymous fugitive slaves, this collection collects eighty-nine exceptional documents that represent the best of the five-volume Black Abolitionist Papers. In these compelling texts African Americans tell their own stories of the struggle to end slavery and claim their rights as American citizens, of the battle against colonization and the 'back to Africa' movement, and of their troubled relationship with the federal government.
This extraordinary record of the African American struggle for freedom and equality collects 89 exceptional documents that represent the best of the recently published five-volume Black Abolitionist Papers. In these compelling texts, African Americans tell their own stories of the struggle to end slavery and claim their rights as American citizens. (Univ. of North Carolina Press)
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In 89 documents that represent the best of the recently published Black Abolitionist Papers (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1985-92), African Americans tell their own stories of the struggle to end slavery and claim their rights as American citizens, of the battle against colonization and the "back to Africa" movement, and of their troubled relationship with the federal government. Includes a contextual introduction, chronology, glossary, and bibliographical essay. Paper edition (unseen), $10.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
December 31, 1993
Publisher
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1993.
Pages
332
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780807820728