"What Shall We Do with the Negro?" - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook "What Shall We Do with the Negro?" write by Paul D. Escott. This book was released on 2009-03-03. "What Shall We Do with the Negro?" available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 those in both 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 the Negro?" demonstrates how historians together with our larger national popular culture have wrenched the history of this period from its context in order to portray key figures as heroes or exemplars of national virtue. Escott gives especial critical attention to Abraham Lincoln. Since the civil rights movement, many popular books have treated Lincoln as an icon, a mythical leader with thoroughly modern views on all aspects of race. But, focusing on Lincoln’s policies rather than attempting to divine Lincoln’s intentions from his often ambiguous or cryptic statements, Escott reveals a president who placed a higher priority on reunion than on emancipation, who showed an enduring respect for states’ rights, who assumed that the social status of African Americans would change very slowly in freedom, and who offered major incentives to white Southerners at the expense of the interests of blacks.Escott’s approach reveals the depth of slavery’s influence on society and the pervasiveness of assumptions of white supremacy. "What Shall We Do with the Negro?" serves as a corrective in offering a more realistic, more nuanced, and less celebratory approach to understanding this crucial period in American history.
The Mis-education of the Negro
The Mis-education of the Negro - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mis-education of the Negro write by Carter Godwin Woodson. This book was released on 1969. The Mis-education of the Negro available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Subjects for Thinkers
Subjects for Thinkers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Subjects for Thinkers write by Caius Urbanus (pseud.). This book was released on 1862. Subjects for Thinkers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Slaves
The Slaves - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Slaves write by Frederick Douglass. This book was released on 2016-12-16. The Slaves available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Slaves" is nothing but Frederick Douglass's groundbreaking autobiography and his first book "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, written by Himself". We have renamed the title here as "The Slaves" to keep the title short as well as to establish that Frederick Douglass is no longer a name of a particular slave born in nineteenth-century America, but a name that represents slaves of the entire world and of all time. Even though, we do not wish anyone to be born into slavery anymore like Frederick was, we have taken him as a symbol of all the slaves as a wish that all who are still in slavery may have the spirit of Frederick Douglass and fight their ways to the freedom and work to free other slaves to make the slavery history. The life of Frederick, is in one way or another, is the lives of all other slaves. Hence, we have named this version of his book "The Slaves".
The Great American Mosaic [4 volumes]
The Great American Mosaic [4 volumes] - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great American Mosaic [4 volumes] write by Gary Y. Okihiro. This book was released on 2014-09-30. The Great American Mosaic [4 volumes] available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Firsthand sources are brought together to illuminate the diversity of American history in a unique way—by sharing the perspectives of people of color who participated in landmark events. This invaluable, four-volume compilation is a comprehensive source of documents that give voice to those who comprise the American mosaic, illustrating the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Each volume focuses on a major racial/ethnic group: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Latinos. Documents chosen by the editors for their utility and relevance to popular areas of study are organized into chronological periods from historical to contemporary. The collection includes eyewitness accounts, legislation, speeches, and interviews. Together, they tell the story of America's diverse population and enable readers to explore historical concepts and contexts from multiple viewpoints. Introductions for each volume and primary document provide background and history that help students understand and critique the material. The work also features a useful primary document guide, bibliographies, and indices to aid teachers, librarians, and students in class work and research.
