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Slavery

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Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly

Type: BOOK
Author: Fleischner, Jennifer
( Friendship , General , History , Slavery , Social action , Women's History )

Social Action: This remarkable story of the friendship between a First Lady and a former slave provides new insight into race, women's lives, and american society in the nineteenth century. It is a vibrant social history set against the backdrop of the antibellum South and the Civil War. Historian Jennifer Fleischner's riveting work of scholarship reveals the legacy of slavery and sheds new light on the Lincoln White House, bringing to life a mesmerizing, intimate aspect of Civil War history...

Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly

Type: BOOK
Author: Fleischner, Jennifer
( African American , Friendship , General , History , Slavery , Social action , Women's History )

Social Action - The remarkable story of the friendship between a First Lady and a former slave.A vibrant social history set against the backdrop of the antibellum South and the Civil War. Historian Jennifer Fleischner provides a riveting work of scholarship that reveals the legacy of slavery and sheds new light on the Lincoln White House. This work challenges much of what we think and know about nineteenth-century American color consciousness.

Redemption: American Anti Slavery Group

Type: VHS
Author:
( General , Slavery , Social Justice )

Slavery around the world today and how we can make a difference.