A school history of the Negro race in America, from 1619 to 1890
Subtitle: with a short introduction as to the origin of the race : also a short sketch of Liberia
By: by Edward A. Johnson
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; History; Social conditions; African American soldiers; Slavery
Other titles: Church in the Southern Black community.
Description: Sketches of slavery as it existed in the colonies--Northern and Southern. He presents the accomplishments of some of the most distinguished slaves, including poets Phillis Wheatley and George Moses Horton, as well as the mathematician and astronomer, Benjamin Banneker. Johnson is particularly interested in presenting the valorous roles African Americans played in America's various wars. Johnson also offers numerous sketches of events, places, and individuals that are of importance to American history. These topics include, among others, Frederick Douglass, Liberia, Nat Turner, the Underground Railroad, and the Emancipation Proclamation. The latter part of Johnson's book is devoted to the progress of the African American race since Emancipation. He describes the early successes of reconstruction despite Southern white resistance. In particular, Johnson highlights advances in the education of blacks and significant financial and religious progress.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

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Transcribed from: A school history of the Negro race in America, from 1619 to 1890 : with a short introduction as to the origin of the race : also a short sketch of Liberia / by Edward A. Johnson, L.B., Principal of the Washington School, Raleigh, N.C. 1st ed. Raleigh : Edwards & Broughton, Printers and Binders, 1890. 194 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm. The index (p. [193]-194) is inserted between pages [6] and [7].

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