| Seizing the New Day: African Americans in Post-Civil War Charleston Contributor(s): Jenkins, Wilbert L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253333806 ISBN-13: 9780253333803 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: Historian Wilbert Jenkins sheds light on how former slaves in Charleston, South Carolina, in an attempt to adjust to freedom after the Civil War and gain control over their own lives, battled whites trying to regain control. Using autobiographies, slave narratives, Freedmen's Bureau letters and papers, and many other documents, Jenkins focuses on the freedmen's hopes and aspirations. 30 photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - General - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 97049399 |
| Series: Blacks in the Diaspora |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.42" W x 9.4" (1.18 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Midwest - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seizing the New Day is a good book, carefully researched, logically organized, and clearly written. . . . an excellent model for others who would study change at the local level in this fascinating period of American history. And the volume is handsomely illustrated with well-chosen photographs, drawings, and maps.--H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences For former slaves in Charleston, South Carolina, life was a constant struggle adjusting to freedom while battling whites' attempts to regain control. Using autobiographies, slave narratives, Freedmen's Bureau letters and papers, and other primary documents, Wilbert L. Jenkins attempts to understand how the freedmen saw themselves in the new order and to shed light on their hopes and aspirations. He emphasizes, not the defeat of these aspirations, but rather the victories the freedmen won against white resistance. |