Bibliograph

The Grimkes, the legacy of slavery in an American family, Kerri K. Greenidge

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The Grimkes, the legacy of slavery in an American family, Kerri K. Greenidge

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-377) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Grimkes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1349339848

Responsibility statement

Kerri K. Greenidge

Sub title

the legacy of slavery in an American family

Summary

"Sarah and Angelina Grimke--the Grimke sisters--are revered figures in American history, famous for rejecting their privileged lives on a plantation in South Carolina to become firebrand activists in the North. Their antislavery pamphlets, among the most influential of the antebellum era, are still read today. Yet retellings of their epic story have long obscured their Black relatives. In The Grimkes, award-winning historian Kerri Greenidge presents a parallel narrative, indeed a long-overdue corrective, shifting the focus from the white abolitionist sisters to the Black Grimkes and deepening our understanding of the long struggle for racial and gender equality"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The two nanas -- Part I: Forgetting how to weep, 1790-1840. Philadelphia, 1834 ; The misses Grimke ; The Fortens ; Alliances -- Part II: The border of our seeing, 1840-1865. The Grinke-Welds ; Nancy ; Lottie ; On the sea islands ; The noblest blood of the South -- Part III: Then awakening--remembrance, 1865-1930. Women's rights ; Archie, Frank, and John ; The pulse of the colored elite ; Nana ; Blessed are the barren -- Epilogue

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