ISBN:
9781469665108
,
9781469665092
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xxiv, 280 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white).
Series Statement:
North Carolina scholarship online
Series Statement:
North Carolina scholarship online.
Parallel Title:
Print version :
DDC:
305.89607309034
Keywords:
Lincoln, Abraham, Correspondence.
;
African Americans Correspondence.
;
African Americans Social conditions 19th century.
;
Society.
;
Society & culture: general.
;
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
;
African Americans.
Abstract:
Many African Americans of the Civil War era felt a personal connection to Abraham Lincoln. For the first time in their lives, an occupant of the White House seemed concerned about the welfare of their race. Indeed, despite the tremendous injustice and discrimination that they faced, African Americans now had confidence to write to the president and to seek redress of their grievances. Their letters express the dilemmas, doubts, and dreams of both recently enslaved and free people in the throes of dramatic change. For many, writing Lincoln was a last resort. Yet their letters were often full of determination, making explicit claims to the rights of U.S. citizenship in a wide range of circumstances. This compelling collection presents more than 120 letters from African Americans to Lincoln, most of which have never before been published.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021.
URL:
North Carolina scholarship online
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