Title: Abolitionists remember
First published: 2008
Description: Jeffrey examines the autobiographical writings of former abolitionists such as Laura Haviland, Frederick Douglass, Parker Pillsbury, and Samuel J. May, revealing that they wrote not only to counter the popular image of themselves as fanatics, but also to remind readers of the harsh reality of slavery and to advocate equal rights for African Americans in an era of growing racism, Jim Crow, and the Ku Klux Klan. --from publisher description.
Subjects: United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Autobiography, Social aspects of Memory, African American abolitionists, Slaves, Social aspects, Civil rights, Fugitive slaves, Abolitionists, African American authors, Memory, Emancipation, Causes, African Americans, Antislavery movements, Biography, History, Fugitive slaves, united states, Slaves, emancipation, united states, Antislavery movements, united states, African americans, civil rights, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, causes
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E449 .J455 2008