| Witness for Freedom: African American Voices on Race, Slavery, and Emancipation Contributor(s): Ripley, C. Peter (Editor), Finkenbine, Roy E. (Editor), Hembree, Michael F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807844047 ISBN-13: 9780807844045 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $45.13 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1993 Annotation: This extraordinary record of the African American struggle for freedom and equality collects 89 exceptional documents that represent the best of the recently published five-volume Black Abolitionist Papers. In these compelling texts, African Americans tell their own stories of the struggle to end slavery and claim their rights as American citizens. (Univ. of North Carolina Press) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 973.711 |
| LCCN: 92-21591 |
| Lexile Measure: 1400 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.97 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Encompassing a broad range of African American voices, from Frederick Douglass to anonymous fugitive slaves, this collection collects eighty-nine exceptional documents that represent the best of the five-volume Black Abolitionist Papers. In these compelling texts African Americans tell their own stories of the struggle to end slavery and claim their rights as American citizens, of the battle against colonization and the "back to Africa" movement, and of their troubled relationship with the federal government. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ripley, C. Peter: - C. Peter Ripley, professor of history and black studies at The Florida State University, is editor of the Black Abolitionist Papers volumes and author of Slaves and Freedmen in Civil War Louisiana.Ripley, C. Peter: - C. Peter Ripley, professor of history and black studies at The Florida State University, is editor of the Black Abolitionist Papers volumes and author of Slaves and Freedmen in Civil War Louisiana. |