A faithful account of the race : African American historical writing in nineteenth-century America /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hall, Stephen G. (Stephen Gilroy), 1968-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Series:	John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:	1800-1899 African Americans > Historiography. Historiography > United States > History > 19th century. African Americans > Intellectual life > 19th century. African American historians > History > 19th century. African American intellectuals > History > 19th century. African diaspora > History > 19th century. African Americans. Historiography. African Americans > Intellectual life. African American historians. African American intellectuals. African diaspora. Intellectual life. United States > Intellectual life > 19th century. United States. History.

Table of Contents:

Troubling the pages of historians : African American intellectuals and historical writing in the early republic, 1817-1837
To present a just view of our origin : creating an African American historical discourse, 1837-1850
The destiny of the colored people : African American history between compromise and jubilee, 1850-1863
The historical mind of emancipation : writing African American history at the dawn of freedom, 1863-1882
Advancement in numbers, knowledge, and power : African American history in post-reconstruction America, 1883-1915
To smite the rock of knowledge : the Black academy and the professionalization of history.

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