LEADER 05167nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910971325403321 005 20251116220219.0 010 $a0-8262-6543-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000475680 035 $a(OCoLC)298787755 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10188295 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000265606 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194582 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265606 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10295543 035 $a(PQKB)11340373 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3570919 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3570919 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10188295 035 $a(BIP)14677693 035 $a(BIP)13484892 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000475680 100 $a20060823d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnveiled voices, unvarnished memories $ethe Cromwell family in slavery and segregation, 1692-1972 /$fAdelaide M. Cromwell ; introduction by Anthony Cromwell Hill 210 $aColumbia $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (367 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8262-1676-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGenealogical chart -- Introduction: Anthony Cromwell Hill -- Slavery : in the grip of the master, 1692-1851 -- Philadelphia : the City of Brotherly Love? -- The Cromwell family in the City of Brotherly Love, 1851-1926 -- The Cromwell family in Washington's "Secret City," 1871-1972 -- John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. : the light that glowed -- "Ambition for place or fame is not my besetting folly" : letters from Otelia Cromwell to John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. -- "John had never given me a moment's uneasiness" : letters from John Wesley Cromwell, Jr. to John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. -- The two journalists : the friendship between John Edward Bruce and John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. -- The two historians : the friendship between Theophilus Gould Steward and John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. -- Epilogue. 330 $aWhen an industrious slave named Willis Hodges Cromwell earned the money to obtain liberty for his wife-who then bought freedom for him and for their children-he set in motion a family saga that resounds today. His youngest son, John Wesley Cromwell, became an educator, lawyer, and newspaper publisher-and one of the most influential men of letters in the generation that bridged Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois. Now, in Unveiled Voices, Unvarnished Memories, his granddaughter, Adelaide M. Cromwell, documents the journey of her family from the slave marts of Annapolis to achievements in a variety of learned professions. John W. Cromwell began the family archives from which this book is drawn-letters and documents that provide an unprecedented view of how one black family thought, strived, and survived in American society from the seventeenth century to the twentieth. These papers reflect intimate thoughts about such topics as national and local leaders, moral behavior, color consciousness, and the challenges of everyday life in a racist society. They also convey a wealth of rich insights on the burdens that black parents' demands for achievement placed on their children, the frequently bitter rivalries within the intellectual class of the African American community, and the negative impact on African American women of sexism in a world dominated by black men whose own hold on respect was tentative at best. The voices gathered here give readers an inside look at the formation and networks of the African American elite, as John Cromwell forged friendships with such figures as journalist John E. Bruce and the Reverend Theophilus Gould Steward. Letters with those two faithfully depict the forces that shaped the worldview of the small but steadily expanding community of African American intellectuals who helped transform the nation's attitudes and policies on race, and whose unguarded comments on a wide range of matters will be of particular interest to social historians. Additional correspondence between John and his son, John Jr., brings the family story into modern times. Unveiled Voices, Unvarnished Memories is a rare look at the public and private world of individuals who refused to be circumscribed by racism and the ghetto while pursuing their own well-being. Its narrative depth breaks new ground in African American history and offers a unique primary source for that community. 606 $aAfrican American families 606 $aSocial networks$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aAfrican Americans$vBiography 606 $aAmerican letters 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$vBiography 607 $aWashington (D.C.)$vBiography 615 0$aAfrican American families. 615 0$aSocial networks 615 0$aAfrican Americans 615 0$aAmerican letters. 676 $a929/.20973 700 $aCromwell$b Adelaide M$01868133 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971325403321 996 $aUnveiled voices, unvarnished memories$94475973 997 $aUNINA