The abolitionist legacy : from Reconstruction to the NAACP / James M. McPherson.
McPherson, James M.
1995
E185.61 .M18 1995 (Mapit)
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Title
The abolitionist legacy : from Reconstruction to the NAACP / James M. McPherson.
Author
McPherson, James M.
Edition
2nd ed. / with a new preface by the author.
ISBN
069110039X (paperback ; acid-free paper)
9780691100395 (paperback ; acid-free paper)
0691046379 (cased)
9780691046372 (cased)
Publication Details
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1995.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number
E185.61 .M18 1995
Dewey Decimal Classification
322.4/4/0973
Summary
Building on arguments presented in The Struggle for Equality, Civil War historian James McPherson shows that many abolitionists did not retreat from Reconstruction, as historical accounts frequently lead us to believe, but instead vigorously continued the battle for black rights long after the Civil War. Tracing the activities of nearly 300 abolitionists and their descendants, he reveals that some played a crucial role in the establishment of schools and colleges for southern blacks, while others formed the vanguard of liberals who founded the NAACP in 1910. The author's examination of the complex and unhappy fate of Reconstruction clarifies the uneasy partnership of northern and southern white liberals after 1870, the tensions between black activists and white neo-abolitionists, the evolution of resistance to racist ideologies, and the origins of the NAACP.
Note
First edition published in 1975.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-422) and index.
Series
Princeton paperbacks.
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Ch. 1 Unfinished Task: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 13
Ch. 2 Reconstruction Reconfirmed? The Election of 1872 24
Ch. 3 Reconstruction Unravels, 1873-1876 35
Ch. 4 Time, Education, and Bootstraps 53
Ch. 5 The Compromise of 1877 81
Ch. 6 Crosscurrents and Confusion, 1877-1880 95
Ch. 7 The New South 107
Ch. 8 Good-bye to the Bloody Shirt 121
Ch. 9 The Roots of Freedmen's Education 143
Ch. 10 Between Black and White: Puritans in Babylon 161
Ch. 11 Paternalism and Piety 184
Ch. 12 Detour or Mainstream? The Curriculum of Missionary Schools 203
Ch. 13 The Segregation Issue 224
Ch. 14 Berea College 244
Ch. 15 The Struggle for Black Control 262
Ch. 16 The Shattering of Hope 299
Ch. 17 Women's Rights and Anti-Imperialism 318
Ch. 18 History and Biology 333
Ch. 19 Booker T. Washington and the Reaffirmation of Gradualism 354
Ch. 20 The Rejection of Gradualism and the Founding of the NAACP 368
Appendix A Abolitionists on Whom This Book is Based 395
Appendix B Southern Negro Colleges and Secondary Schools Established by Northern Mission Societies 409.

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