Author: C. Peter Ripley

Encompassing a broad range of African American voices, from Frederick Douglass to anonymous fugitive slaves, this collection collects eighty-nine exceptional documents that represent the best of the …

This five-volume documentary collection–culled from an international archival search that turned up over 14, 000 letters, speeches, pamphlets, essays, and newspaper editorials–reveals how black …

This five-volume documentary collection–culled from an international archival search that turned up over 14, 000 letters, speeches, pamphlets, essays, and newspaper editorials–reveals how black …

This five-volume documentary collection–culled from an international archival search that turned up over 14, 000 letters, speeches, pamphlets, essays, and newspaper editorials–reveals how black …

This five-volume documentary collection–culled from an international archival search that turned up over 14, 000 letters, speeches, pamphlets, essays, and newspaper editorials–reveals how black …

The passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, more than any other event in the 1850s, provoked a widespread, emotionally charged reaction among northern blacks. Entire communities responded to the law that …

Encompassing a broad range of African American voices, from Frederick Douglass to anonymous fugitive slaves, this collection collects eighty-nine exceptional documents that represent the best of the …