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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
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