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Frederick Douglass's Intended Audiences For His Antebellum Autobiographies, Kimberly Elaine Lankford Jan 1992

Frederick Douglass's Intended Audiences For His Antebellum Autobiographies, Kimberly Elaine Lankford

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


"The World Was All Before Them": A Study Of The Black Community In Norfolk, Virginia, 1861-1884, Cassandra Newby-Alexander Jan 1992

"The World Was All Before Them": A Study Of The Black Community In Norfolk, Virginia, 1861-1884, Cassandra Newby-Alexander

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the lives, accomplishments, and struggles of the black community in Norfolk, Virginia, between the years of 1861 and 1884, from the black perspective.;The integration of documents with statistics to uncover the mentalite of blacks is the focus of this study's research. The black community of this period was not always reactive, but active in determining its own fate. Even during slavery, Norfolk's blacks took an active role in their destiny through participation in the Underground Railroad.;This study suggests that blacks strove diligently to work with, and in some cases, conciliate, the white …


A Comparative Approach To Slave Life On Bermuda, 1780-1834, Margaret Mary Bellhorn Jan 1992

A Comparative Approach To Slave Life On Bermuda, 1780-1834, Margaret Mary Bellhorn

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No abstract provided.