03544nam 2200793 450 991082351970332120230120054055.01-4696-0227-X0-8078-3728-8(CKB)2550000000083093(EBL)837886(OCoLC)606149985(SSID)ssj0000588530(PQKBManifestationID)11409283(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000588530(PQKBWorkID)10650223(PQKB)11141064(MdBmJHUP)muse28027(Au-PeEL)EBL4401436(CaPaEBR)ebr11171541(CaONFJC)MIL929300(MiAaPQ)EBC4401436(MiAaPQ)EBC837886(EXLCZ)99255000000008309320071106h20082008 ub| 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrAbolitionists remember antislavery autobiographies & the unfinished work of emancipation /Julie Roy JeffreyChapel Hill :University of North Carolina Press,[2008]©20081 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5885-4 0-8078-3208-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-323) and index.The dissolution of the antislavery societies -- The first recollections -- Fugitives as part of abolitionist history -- Reunions -- "Nigger thieves" : whites and the Underground Railroad -- Defending the past : the 1880s -- The remembrance is like a dream : reminiscences of the 1890s -- Afterword.In Abolitionists Remember, Julie Roy Jeffrey illuminates a second, little-noted antislavery struggle as abolitionists in the postwar period attempted to counter the nation's growing inclination to forget why the war was fought, what slavery was really like, and why the abolitionist cause was so important. In the rush to mend fences after the Civil War, the memory of the past faded and turned romantic--slaves became quaint, owners kindly, and the war itself a noble struggle for the Union. Jeffrey examines the autobiographical writings of former abolitionists such as Laura HavilanAbolitionistsUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American abolitionistsBiographyFugitive slavesUnited StatesBiographyAutobiographyAutobiographyAfrican American authorsEnslaved personsEmancipationUnited StateslocalAntislavery movementsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory19th centuryMemorySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CausesAbolitionistsAfrican American abolitionistsFugitive slavesAutobiography.AutobiographyAfrican American authors.Enslaved personsEmancipationAntislavery movementsHistoryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryMemorySocial aspectsHistory326/.8092/2BJeffrey Julie Roy1641902MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823519703321Abolitionists remember3986318UNINA