A narrative of the Negro / Leila Amos Pendleton. Missing pages in American history : revealing the services of Negroes in the early wars in the United States of America, 1641-1815 / Laura E. Wilkes ; [general] introduction by Joanne M. Braxton, Sharon Zuber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pendleton, Leila Amos, 1860-

Series:

African-American women writers, 1910-1940

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--History.

African Americans.

History.

African American soldiers.

United States--History, Military--To 1900.

United States.

History, Military.

Physical Description:

319 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : G.K. Hall, [1996]

Summary:

"Who will have the power and the right to narrate the history of the black race?" So ask Joanne Braxton and Sharon Zuber in their introduction to this volume, a question asked in the early twentieth century by such educators and reformers as Leila Amos Pendleton and Laura Eliza Wilkes, women intent on achieving racial uplift through the revelation of the contributions of black men and women throughout history. Pendleton's A Narrative of the Negro (1912) was intended for young readers and links the themes of literacy and the struggle for freedom in profiles of such figures as Frederick Douglass, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Booker T. Washington, and W. E. B. Du Bois. Wilkes's volume, Missing Pages in American History (1919), subtitled Revealing the Services of Negroes in the Early Wars in the United States of America, 1641-1815, focuses on the wartime service of African Americans in the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Federal periods. Together, these two works serve as a valuable example of historical research efforts, efforts undertaken specifically for social and educational improvement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Wilkes, Laura E. (Laura Eliza), 1871-1922. Missing pages in American history.

Missing pages in American history.

ISBN:

0783814186

OCLC:

34513290