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Abolitionists Remember: Antislavery Autobiographies and the Unfinished Work of Emancipation by Julie Roy Jeffrey (Paperback, 2008)

This is the first book to explore abolitionist autobiographies in the post - Civil War era.In Abolitionists Remember , Julie Roy Jeffrey illuminates a second, little-noted antislavery struggle as abolitionists in the postwar period attempted to counter the nation's growing inclination to forget why the war was fought, what slavery was really like, and why the abolitionist cause was so important.In the rush to mend fences after the Civil War, the memory of the past faded and turned romantic - slaves became quaint, owners kindly, and the war itself a noble struggle for the Union. 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. These abolitionists, who went to great lengths to get their accounts published, challenged every important point of the reconciliation narrative, trying to salvage the nobility of their work for emancipation and African Americans and defending their own participation in the great events of their day.

Author
Julie Roy Jeffrey
Publication Name
Abolitionists Remember: Antislavery Autobiographies and the Unfinished Work of Emancipation
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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