Witness for Freedom
Subtitle: African American Voices on Race, Slavery, and Emancipation
Contributors: C. Peter Ripley (Editor); Roy E. Finkenbine (Editor); Michael F. Hembree (Editor); Donald Yacovone (Editor)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 1, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780807844045
Subjects: American history; Sources; Antislavery movements; 19th century; United States; Sociology; History: American; USA; General; United States - Civil War; African American; American Studies; Black Abolitionist Papers; slavery  ; back to Africa movement; Biography & Autobiography / People of Color; To 1863; United States - General; Abolitionists; African Americans; History
First sentence: The African American struggle to claim the United States as a homeland gave rise to the black abolitionist movement.