From Slave to Statesman
The Life of Educator, Editor, and Civil Rights Activist Willis M. Carter of Virginia
In the 1980s, Willis McGlascoe Carter's handwritten memoir turned up unexpectedly in the hands of a midwestern antiques dealer. Its twenty-two pages told a fascinating story of a man born into slavery in Virginia who, at the onset of freedom, gained an education, became a teacher, started a family, and edited a newspaper. Even his life as a slave seemed exceptional: he described how his owners treated him and his family with respect, and he learned to read and write. Tucked into its back pages, the memoir included a handwritten tribute to Carter, written by his fellow teachers upon his death. Robert Heinrich and Deborah Harding's From Slave t…
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Weitere Autoren: Harding, Deborah
- ISBN: 978-0-8071-6267-5
- EAN: 9780807162675
- Produktnummer: 27858237
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 162 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'455 KB
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Robert Heinrich, Deborah Harding
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