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But one race : the life of Robert Purvis
- Title
- But one race : the life of Robert Purvis / Margaret Hope Bacon.
- Author
- Bacon, Margaret Hope.
- Publication
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.
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- Description
- xi, 279 p., [12] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
- African American abolitionists > Biography
- Abolitionists > United States > Biography
- African American civil rights workers > Biography
- African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography
- Antislavery movements > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century
- Philadelphia (Pa.) > Biography
- Philadelphia (Pa.) > Race relations > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.
- Contents
- Of southern birth -- The city of brotherly love -- Present at the beginning -- World traveler -- "We are not intruders here" -- To aid the fleeing slave -- A time of loss -- Gentleman farmer -- "This wicked law" -- "Are we not men?" -- "A proud day for the colored man" -- "Equality of rights for all" -- The Freedman's savings bank -- "We are to the manner born" -- "His magnificent record".
- Call Number
- Sc E 07-363
- ISBN
- 0791470075 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780791470077 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006012419
- OCLC
- 67727805
- Author
- Bacon, Margaret Hope.
- Title
- But one race : the life of Robert Purvis / Margaret Hope Bacon.
- Imprint
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 07-363