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Abolitionists remember : antislavery autobiographies & the unfinished work of emancipation / / Julie Roy Jeffrey



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Autore: Jeffrey Julie Roy Visualizza persona
Titolo: Abolitionists remember : antislavery autobiographies & the unfinished work of emancipation / / Julie Roy Jeffrey Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , [2008]
©2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
Disciplina: 326/.8092/2
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Soggetto topico: Abolitionists - United States
African American abolitionists
Fugitive slaves - United States
Autobiography
Autobiography - African American authors
Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States
Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century
African Americans - Civil rights - History - 19th century
Memory - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-323) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 Havilan
Titolo autorizzato: Abolitionists remember  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4696-0227-X
0-8078-3728-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778949303321
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