Rise to Be A People: A Biography of Paul Cuffe (Blacks in the New World) - Hardcover

Thomas, Lamont D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0252012127 ISBN 13: 9780252012129

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1970

About this title

From Library Journal:

Based on prodigious transatlantic research, Thomas's study presents Cuffe (1759-1817), the black Quaker ship captain, merchant, and African colonizer, as the most widely publicized and admired black American of his day. Thomas's Cuffe combined entrepreneurship with philanthropy in promoting education and emigration to Africa and in building a network of antislavery supporters. Thomas develops a fuller Cuffe than is available elsewhere, and he moves the discussion of Cuffe's significance away from emigration and missionary endeavors alone, but he is uncritical in ascribing motives to his subject. Still, the book is useful for its treatment of the links between free black and Quaker reformers and for its description of commerce. Recommended for Afro-American and major university libraries. Randall M. Miller, History Dept., St. Joseph's Univ., Philadelphia
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About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0252012127
• ISBN 13: 9780252012129
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 187