But one race : the life of Robert Purvis / / Margaret Hope Bacon

• Autore: Bacon Margaret Hope
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/114092; B
• Soggetto topico: African American abolitionists; Abolitionists - United States; African American civil rights workers; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Philadelphia (Pa.) Biography; Philadelphia (Pa.) Race relations History 19th century
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: But one race
• ISBN: 9780791480427; 0791480429; 9781429471374; 1429471379
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910975164603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II