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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeffrey, Julie Roy (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
Series:Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
UNC Press law publications.
Subjects:
Abolitionists > United States > Biography.
African American abolitionists > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
Autobiography.
Autobiography > African American authors.
Slaves > 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.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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 last gatherings
  • The remembrance is like a dream: reminiscences of the 1890s
  • Afterword.