Black Americans in mourning : reactions to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln /
"Black Americans in Mourning chronicles the grief felt by African Americans after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The book features prominent men and women, such as Frederick Douglass, Martin R. Delany, and Elizabeth Keckley, as well as the hard-to-find voices of lesser-known Black people...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "Black Americans in Mourning chronicles the grief felt by African Americans after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The book features prominent men and women, such as Frederick Douglass, Martin R. Delany, and Elizabeth Keckley, as well as the hard-to-find voices of lesser-known Black people. The collective mourning of Black Americans set the stage for Lincoln's glorification"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-173) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780809339723 0809339722 9780809339549 0809339544 |