The abolitionist legacy
Subtitle: from Reconstruction to the NAACP
By: James M. McPherson.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights -- History; African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877; African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964
Description: Tracing the activities of nearly 300 abolitionists and their descendants, this title reveals that some played a crucial role in the establishment of schools and colleges for southern blacks, while others formed the vanguard of liberals who founded the NAACP in 1910.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 417-422.
Includes index.