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What Shall We Do with the Negro
Paul D. Escott
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Description for What Shall We Do with the Negro
Hardback. Based on a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, this title examines the attitudes and actions of Northerners and Southerners regarding the future of African Americans after the end of slavery. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
Throughout the Civil War, newspaper headlines and stories repeatedly asked some variation of the question posed by the ""New York Times"" in 1862, 'What shall we do with the negro?' The future status of African Americans was a pressing issue for both those in the North and in the South. Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, Paul D. Escott examines the attitudes and actions of Northerners and Southerners regarding the future of African Americans after the end of slavery. ""What Shall We Do with ... Read more
Throughout the Civil War, newspaper headlines and stories repeatedly asked some variation of the question posed by the ""New York Times"" in 1862, 'What shall we do with the negro?' The future status of African Americans was a pressing issue for both those in the North and in the South. Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, Paul D. Escott examines the attitudes and actions of Northerners and Southerners regarding the future of African Americans after the end of slavery. ""What Shall We Do with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813927862
SKU
V9780813927862
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About Paul D. Escott
Paul D. Escott is Reynolds Professor of History at Wake Forest University and the author of After Secession and Slavery Remembered, winner of the Mayflower Cup.
Reviews for What Shall We Do with the Negro
Paul D. Escott's well-written, interesting, important, and revisionist 'What Shall We Do with the Negro?' urges general readers and historians not to romanticize and decontextualize historical events in general, and the Civil War, emancipation, and President Abraham Lincoln's role as 'the great emancipator' in particular. - John David Smith, author of An Old Creed for the New South: Proslavery Ideology ... Read more