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Book by Blackett, R. J. M.
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1 author picked Beating Against the Barriers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Several of the seven former slaves brought to life in Richard Blackettās classic work pursued trans-Atlantic reform long before American disunion. Nothing like this book has appeared since its publication, and so I find myself poking around, always with great pleasure, in the taut, dramatic stories of Black Ć©migrĆ©s like J. Sella Martin, William and Ellen Craft, and William Howard Day.Ā Their vivid lives demonstrate the unique value of stories told by those with first-hand experience of Southern slavery.
The polished biographies pair these freed peopleās quest to impugn the Confederacy with other commitments and takes pains to place interestā¦
From Robert's list on The best American Civil War books that cross the globe.
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