John Mercer Langston and the Fight for Black Freedom, 1829-65"A marvel of scholarship and artistry. The general reader will be fascinated to discover the vitality of the free black community that Langston moved and moved in." -- Joyce Appleby, University of California "Provides the mirror in which to reflect Langston's brilliant, turbulent career, as well as the nation's ongoing struggle against racism. Life-and-times biography could be put to no better use." -- David W. Blight, Journal of American History "One of the most thorough studies ever done of a nineteenth-century black American. [It] will be the standard." -- J. M. Matthews, Choice "Breaks new and important ground in the field of African-American history. . . . [It] is both a social history of the period and the remarkable story of Langston's formative life and career as a free black Ohioan in pre-Civil War America." -- David C. Dennard, Journal of Southern History "A sensitive biography of a black leader and a full-scale history of the society in which he matured and began his career." -- John B. Boles, American Historical Review "The Cheeks have masterfully performed . . . their chief task--the transformation of autobiography into social history." -- Wilson J. Moses, Reviews in American History A volume in the series Blacks in the New World, edited by August Meier and John H. Bracey |
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Contents
Preface | 1 |
Acknowledgments | 5 |
Inheritor 182934 | 7 |
Love and SelfReliance 183440 | 30 |
Culture and Kinship 184043 | 48 |
Morality and Politics 184349 | 84 |
Career Reform and Thwarted Hopes 184950 | 130 |
A Nationality Before We Can Become Anybody 185052 | 169 |
Law Marriage and Public Place 185456 | 243 |
Life and Labor in a Biracial Town 185665 | 278 |
Blacks and the OberlinWellington Rescue 185659 | 316 |
Provoking the Conflict 185961 | 349 |
The Struggle to Fight for Human Liberty 186163 | 383 |
The Emergence of a National Leader 186365 | 418 |
Afterword | 456 |
| 459 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | John Mercer Langston and the Fight for Black Freedom, 1829-65 Volume 82 of Blacks in the New World |
| Authors | William F. Cheek, Aimee Lee Cheek |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0252065913, 9780252065910 |
| Length | 478 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations |
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