A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States: From Colonial Times Through the Civil War - Softcover

Aptheker, Herbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806501685 ISBN 13: 9780806501680

Publisher: Citadel, 1975

Synopsis

A towering work of scholarship, this first volume presents material from 1861 until the conclusion of the Civil War. The source and historical significance of each document is explained in the editor's remarks and notes. This work has been critically acclaimed and has been accepted as the definitive work in the field. **Lightning Print On Demand Title

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From Library Journal:

More than 50 years ago, back when the prevailing postulate was that the Negro had no real history, historian and author Aptheker began trudging among the pioneers, tracking, gathering, and assembling obscure or inaccessible firsthand testimony by blacks on the breadth and depth of the African American experience. In 1951, after 15 years, the first fruits of his labor appeared, covering the years from 1661 to 1910. The 160 documents in the present volume-announced as the final installment of what has become a classic-bring the series within a generation of the present. Dealing with a more contemporary time and an era of mass publications, it is narrower in scope and has less manuscript material, commentary, and explanation than earlier volumes, but it adds handsomely to the rich record and offers a helpful bibliography on issues and events. This entire series is essential for any collection with even a pretense of dealing with U.S. or African American history. Highly recommended.
Thomas J. Davis, SUNY-Buffalo
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Citadel
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0806501685
• ISBN 13: 9780806501680
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 552