But one race : the life of Robert Purvis / Margaret Hope Bacon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacon, Margaret Hope.

Series:

Excelsior Editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898.

Purvis, Robert.

African American abolitionists--Biography.

African American abolitionists.

Abolitionists--United States--Biography.

Abolitionists.

African American civil rights workers--Biography.

African American civil rights workers.

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.

African Americans.

Antislavery movements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Biography.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biography of famous black abolitionist and voting rights advocate, Robert Purvis.

Contents:

Intro

But ONE Race

Contents

Acknowledgments

Ancestral Chart of the Purvis Family

Introduction

1. Of Southern Birth

2. The City of Brotherly Love

3. Present at the Beginning

4. World Traveler

5. " We are Not Intruders Here"

6. To Aid the Fleeing Slave

7. A Time of Loss

8. Gentleman Farmer

9. "This Wicked Law"

10. "Are We Not Men?"

11. "A Proud Day for the Colored Man"

12. " Equality of Rights for All"

13. The Freedmen's Savings Bank

14. " We are To the Manner Born"

15. "His Magnificent Record"

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

I

J

H

L

K

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.

ISBN:

9780791480427

0791480429

9781429471374

1429471379

OCLC:

137522760