| The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is and What He May Become (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Thomas, William Hannibal (Author) |
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ISBN: 1409976912 ISBN-13: 9781409976912 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $20.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 301.451 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: William Hannibal Thomas (1843-1935) was born in Pickaway County, Ohio to free black parents. In his childhood Thomas's family moved in search of economic advancement before returning to Ohio in 1857. As a teenager he performed manual labor, attended school briefly, and broke the color line by entering Otterbein University in 1859. He served as principal of Union Seminary Institute, a manual training school near Columbus, Ohio. After twenty-two months' service as a servant in two white Union regiments, in 1863 Thomas enlisted in Ohio's first all-black military unit, the 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. During the post-war decades he settled in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, South Carolina, and Massachusetts. Thomas is best known for The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is, and What He May Become (1901), a widely known book that accused black people, especially women and clergymen, of being immoral, irresponsible, and destined to fail. |
