Samuel Ringgold Ward - A Life of Struggle

The rediscovery of a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and discrimination

About the author

R. J. M. Blackett is a historian of the abolitionist movement whose books include The Captive's Quest for Freedom: Fugitive Slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the Politics of Slavery and Making Freedom: The Underground Railroad and the Politics of Slavery. He is Andrew Jackson Professor of History emeritus at Vanderbilt University and lives in Nashville, TN.

Summary

The rediscovery of a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and discrimination

Product details

• Authors: R. J. M. Blackett
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9780300254945
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25494-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Black Lives
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: general, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional