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Ballots and Fence Rails. Reconstruction on the Lower Cape Fear.

Focused examination of the era of Reconstruction in North Carolina on the Lower Cape Fear River. Among the benefits of the the book is the..... Read More about Ballots and Fence Rails. Reconstruction on the Lower Cape Fear

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Powder Keg. Northern Opposition to the Antislavery Movement 1831-1840.

This study examines the realities that the Free North held a substantial population who opposed the abolition of slavery, describing the history of this phenomenon..... Read More about Powder Keg. Northern Opposition to the Antislavery Movement 1831-1840

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Booker T. Washington. Great Lives Observed.

Engaging study of the educator, orator, U.S. presidential advisor, and race leader, Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), the founder of the Tuskegee Institute (HBCU) in Alabama..... Read More about Booker T. Washington. Great Lives Observed

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Tide Without Turning: Elijah P. Lovejoy and Freedom of the Press.

First edition. Biography of clergyman, newspaper editor, and abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy (1802–1837) who was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois when they..... Read More about Tide Without Turning: Elijah P. Lovejoy and Freedom of the Press

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In Search of Meanings: Roots, Media and the Public Response.

Dissertation discussing the tremendous cultural respond of the television phenomenon and adaptation of Roots by Alex Haley written in 1976. Roots: The Saga of an..... Read More about In Search of Meanings: Roots, Media and the Public Response

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Booker T. Washington and the Negro’s Place in American Life. (Inscribed and signed)

Inscribed and signed by the author in the year of book’s publication. A profile of this educator, orator, author and activist. Spencer writes of Booker..... Read More about Booker T. Washington and the Negro’s Place in American Life. (Inscribed and signed

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3729563] In Hope of Liberty. Culture, Community, and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks,...

In Hope of Liberty. Culture, Community, and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860.

“Many African Americans had fought for America’s liberty and their own in the Revolution, but their place in the new nation was unresolved. As slavery..... Read More about In Hope of Liberty. Culture, Community, and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860

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Famous American Negroes.

First Edition, thus. One of the “Apollo Editions” and a collection of biographical sketches of prominent Black Americans written by this Harlem Renaissance writer, poet..... Read More about Famous American Negroes

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Where the States Stand on Civil Rights.

First edition. Digest of civil rights laws in all 50 States and the District of Columbia. Entries for each state are arranged topically under these..... Read More about Where the States Stand on Civil Rights

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Forum for Protest, The Black Press During World War II.

An examination of the wartime role of the Black press on the home front and in the armed services during the Second World War. Section..... Read More about Forum for Protest, The Black Press During World War II

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3729553] The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough, An American Journey from Slavery to...

The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough, An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship.

Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough (1852–1926), formerly enslaved, who became the president of Wilberforce University (HBCU) and the first Black member of the Modern Language..... Read More about The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough, An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship

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A History of the Freedmen’s Bureau.

Important history of the post-Civil War agency established in 1865 by President Abraham Lincoln to aid Black refugees and those formerly-enslaved. In 1872, Congress failed..... Read More about A History of the Freedmen’s Bureau

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America’s Shame and Redemption.

African Americas during the American Civil War as enslaved people, as “contraband”; as fugitives seeking freedom within the Union Army lines. Surprisingly scarce, Dumond is..... Read More about America’s Shame and Redemption

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John Brown Russwurm: The Story of Freedom’s Journal, Freedom’s Journey.

First edition. Young adult biography of John Brown Russwurm (1799–1851), abolitionist newspaper editor and colonizer of Liberia. Russwurm and co-editor Samuel Cornish published the Freedom’s..... Read More about John Brown Russwurm: The Story of Freedom’s Journal, Freedom’s Journey

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3729501] Mutiny on the Amistad. The Saga of a Slave Revolt and its Impact on American Abolition,...

Mutiny on the Amistad. The Saga of a Slave Revolt and its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy.

First edition of this important full-length treatment of the case of the Amistad, arguably the most significant legal case involving slavery before the Dred Scott..... Read More about Mutiny on the Amistad. The Saga of a Slave Revolt and its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and...

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Pennsylvania’s Black History.

Biographical and anecdotal history of African Americans in Pennsylvania, arranged by geographic region and with numerous illustrations. Written by this scholar, author, lecturer, and noted..... Read More about Pennsylvania’s Black History

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3729492] The Lion, A Record of Achievements Published by The Class of 1935 [Phi Lamda Mu] Lincoln...

The Lion, A Record of Achievements Published by The Class of 1935 [Phi Lamda Mu] Lincoln University.

1935 Yearbook for Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), the first degree-granting Black college (HBCU) in the United States. This copy owned by Lincoln University chemistry professor and..... Read More about The Lion, A Record of Achievements Published by The Class of 1935 [Phi Lamda Mu] Lincoln University

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The Course of the South to Secession, An Interpretation by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips.

Collection of essays (lectures) by an important social and economic historian of the ante-bellum South. The essays were first published in the Georgia Historical Quarterly..... Read More about The Course of the South to Secession, An Interpretation by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips

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3729472] Slave Badges and the Slave-Hire System in Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-1865. [signed...

Slave Badges and the Slave-Hire System in Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-1865. [signed by both co-authors]

The book documents the slave-hire system with particular focus on the production and use of slave badges and the documentary evidence on the hiring of..... Read More about Slave Badges and the Slave-Hire System in Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-1865. [signed by both...

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The Slave Drivers, Black Agricultural Labor Supervisors in the Antebellum South.

Chapter titles include “Who Were the Slave Drivers?,” “The Twentieth-Century Narratives,” and “Black Autobiographies.” Plus a chapter on how various historians have examined the phenomenon..... Read More about The Slave Drivers, Black Agricultural Labor Supervisors in the Antebellum South

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The Fortunate Slave, An Illustration of African Slavery in the Early Eighteenth Century.

An investigation of slavery in the 18th century examined through the life of Job ben Solomon [Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701–1773)], a literate Muslim slave-owner who..... Read More about The Fortunate Slave, An Illustration of African Slavery in the Early Eighteenth Century

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[Mills Brothers:] Good-Bye Blues [and:] Say “Si Si” (Para Vigo Me Voy).

Two pieces of sheet music for the Mills Brothers, popular African American jazz and pop recording artists and entertainers and inductees to the Vocal Group..... Read More about Mills Brothers:] Good-Bye Blues [and:] Say “Si Si” (Para Vigo Me Voy

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The Treatment of The Negro-American in the Study and Teaching of United States History.

Essay on the teaching of African American history by the former president of Wilberforce University and the founding president of Central State University, both HBCUs..... Read More about The Treatment of The Negro-American in the Study and Teaching of United States History

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Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia 1860-1900. (Signed)

Signed and dated by the author. “Lane reveals how social and economic discrimination created a black criminal subculture. This subculture, overlooked by those histories depending..... Read More about Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia 1860-1900. (Signed

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3729404] Blacks and the Law. [The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social...

Blacks and the Law. [The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Volume 407, May, 1973]

Volume of The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences devoted to the history and status of Black Americans and the law..... Read More about Blacks and the Law. [The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Volume...

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