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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822795603321

Autore

Bacon Margaret Hope

Titolo

But one race [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Robert Purvis / / Margaret Hope Bacon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007

ISBN

0-7914-8042-9

1-4294-7137-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/114092

B

Soggetti

African American abolitionists

Abolitionists - United States

African American civil rights workers

African Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History - 19th century

Philadelphia (Pa.) Biography

Philadelphia (Pa.) Race relations History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- But ONE Race -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Ancestral Chart of the Purvis Family -- Introduction -- 1. Of Southern Birth -- 2. The City of Brotherly Love -- 3. Present at the Beginning -- 4. World Traveler -- 5. " We are Not Intruders Here" -- 6. To Aid the Fleeing Slave -- 7. A Time of Loss -- 8. Gentleman Farmer -- 9. "This Wicked Law" -- 10. "Are We Not Men?" -- 11. "A Proud Day for the Colored Man" -- 12. " Equality of Rights for All" -- 13. The Freedmen's Savings Bank -- 14. " We are To the Manner Born" -- 15. "His Magnificent Record" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- J -- H -- L -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

Biography of famous black abolitionist and voting rights advocate, Robert Purvis.