Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century
- ISBN-10
- 0252062132
- ISBN-13
- 9780252062131
- Category
- African Americans
- Pages
- 344
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Authors
- Leon F. Litwack, August Meier
Description
Offers profiles of seventeen nineteenth century Black men and women, including Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, and Mary Church Terrell
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