But One Race

The Life Of Robert Purvis

BY MARGARET HOPE BACON

Brief Description:
Born in South Carolina to a wealthy white father and mixedrace mother, Robert Purvis (1810-1898) was one of the nineteenth century's leading black abolitionists and orators. Margaret Hope Bacon uses his eloquent and often fierce speeches to provide a glimpse into the life of a passionate and distinguished man, intimately involved with a wide range ofmajor reform movements, including abolition, civil rights,Underground Railroad activism, women's rights, Irish Home Rule, Native American rights, and prison reform.

State University of New York Press 2010 308 PP. Paper

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