| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 219 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Wisconsin studies in autobiography |
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Wisconsin studies in autobiography.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Biographical Sketches -- One by One the Moments Fall: 1879-1880 -- One by One Thy Duties Wait Thee: 1881-1882 -- One by One Bright Gifts from Heaven: 1883 -- One by One Thy Griefs Shall Meet Thee: 1884-1885 -- So Each Day Begin Again: 1886-1887 -- Hours Are Golden Links: 1890-1911 -- Epilogue: The Pilgrimage Be Done |
| Summary |
"Louisa Jacobs was the daughter of Harriet Jacobs, author of the famous autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. That work included a heartbreaking account of Harriet parting with six-year-old Louisa, taken away to the North by her white father. Now, rediscovered letters reveal the lives of Louisa and her circle and shed light on Harriet's old age. New voices call out from the lost world of nineteenth-century African American women in this annotated correspondence. Unidentified for nearly one hundred years, over seventy rare letters from Louisa Jacobs, Annie Purvis, and Charlotte Forten to their friend Eugenie Webb disclose the lives of these educated, resourceful women. Jacobs taught at Howard University, ran her own small business, advocated for civil rights, cared for her ailing mother, and worked for two federal agencies. Purvis, Forten, and Webb were descendants of some of Philadelphia's earliest free black abolitionist families. Sustained by friendship and faith, these women created warm and sympathetic relationships, despite difficult family obligations and the racist strife that marked the post-Reconstruction era in Washington, Philadelphia, and New Jersey"--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"All of the seventy-two documents reproduced in this collection are held in a single private collection, the Annie Wood Webb Papers. Because of the rarity of these documents as examples of nineteenth-century African American women's personal correspondence, there has been no selection process: all documents written by Louisa Jacobs and Annie Purvis to Eugenie Webb are included."--Editorial note |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-206) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jacobs, Louisa Matilda, 1833-1917 -- Correspondence
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Purvis, Annie (Harriet Ann), 1848-1917 -- Correspondence
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Webb, Eugenie, 1856-1919 -- Correspondence
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| SUBJECT |
Webb, Eugenie, 1856-1919 fast |
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Purvis, Annie (Harriet Ann), 1848-1917 fast |
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Jacobs, Louisa Matilda, 1833-1917 fast |
| Subject |
African American women -- Correspondence
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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African American women
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Maillard, Mary (Manuscript editor), editor.
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| LC no. |
2016041576 |
| ISBN |
9780299311834 |
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029931183X |
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