Jeffrey, Julie Roy,

Abolitionists remember : antislavery autobiographies & the unfinished work of emancipation / Julie Roy Jeffrey. - 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-323) and index.

The dissolution of the antislavery societies -- The first recollections -- Fugitives as part of abolitionist history -- Reunions -- "Nigger thieves" : whites and the Underground Railroad -- Defending the past : the 1880s -- The remembrance is like a dream : reminiscences of the 1890s -- Afterword.

9781469602271


Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
African American abolitionists--Biography.
Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography.
Autobiography.
Autobiography--African American authors.
Slaves--Emancipation--United States.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century.
Memory--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.


United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865


Electronic books.

E449 / .J455 2008

326/.8092/2 B