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Author:

Bacon, Margaret Hope.

Title:

But one race : the life of Robert Purvis / Margaret Hope Bacon.

Publisher:

State University of New York Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xi, 279 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Purvis, Robert,--1810-1898.
African American abolitionists--Biography.
Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
African American civil rights workers--Biography.
African Americans--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--Biography.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Biography.
Antislavery movements--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History--19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.

Contents:

Of southern birth -- The city of brotherly love -- Present at the beginning -- World traveler -- "We are not intruders here" -- To aid the fleeing slave -- A time of loss -- Gentleman farmer -- "This wicked law" -- "Are we not men?" -- "A proud day for the colored man" -- "Equality of rights for all" -- The Freedman's savings bank -- "We are to the manner born" -- "His magnificent record".

ISBN:

9780791470077 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0791470075 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)67727805

LCCN:

2006012419

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)