Two Biographies by African-American Women

ISBN13: 9780195062045ISBN10: 0195062043 Hardback, 512 pages
Apr 1991,  In Stock

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$55.00 (04)

Description

The book contains the biography of an American bondman William Wells Brown, which was written by his daughter Josephine Brown. It also presents the precedent-setting biography of Martin R. Delany, which helped to introduce an analytical approach to biography writing in African-American letters. An unabashed success story of one man's military career during the Civil War and his subsequent work in the Freedman's Bureau during Reconstruction, this book, written at a crucial juncture in American history, creates a vivid portrait of a man who comes to represent the voice of national union, mediation of conflict between blacks and whites in the South, and a fair and equitable democratic society.

Product Details

512 pages; 4-5/8 x 6-1/2; ISBN13: 978-0-19-506204-5ISBN10: 0-19-506204-3

About the Author(s)

Introduced by William L. Andrews, Maynard Adams Professor of English

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