A faithful account of the race
Subtitle: African American historical writing in nineteenth-century America
By: Stephen G. Hall.
Series: The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807833056; 9780807859674
Subjects: African Americans -- Historiography; Historiography -- United States -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; African American historians -- History -- 19th century; African American intellectuals -- History -- 19th century; African diaspora -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Troubling the pages of historians : African American intellectuals and historical writing in the early republic, 1817-1837; title: To present a just view of our origin : creating an African American historical discourse, 1837-1850; title: The destiny of the colored people : African American history between compromise and jubilee, 1850-1863; title: The historical mind of emancipation : writing African American history at the dawn of freedom, 1863-1882; title: Advancement in numbers, knowledge, and power : African American history in post-reconstruction America, 1883-1915; title: To smite the rock of knowledge : the Black academy and the professionalization of history.