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

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Main Author: Hall, Stephen G. (Stephen Gilroy), 1968-
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009], ©2009.
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:
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.
United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Physical Description:xv, 334 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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.