A Gentleman Of Color

Author : Julie Winch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0195347455

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A Gentleman of Color by Julie Winch Pdf

Winch has written the first full-length biography of James Forten, a hero of African American history and one of the most remarkable men in 19th-century America. Born into a free black family in 1766, Forten served in the Revolutionary War as a teenager. By 1810 he had earned the distinction of being the leading sailmaker in Philadelphia. Soon after Forten emerged as a leader in Philadelphia's black community and was active in a wide range of reform activities. Especially prominent in national and international antislavery movements, he served as vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society and became close friends with William Lloyd Garrison to whom he lent money to start up the Liberator. His family were all active abolitionists and a granddaughter, Charlotte Forten, published a famous diary of her experiences teaching ex-slaves in South Carolina's Sea Islands during the Civil War. This is the first serious biography of Forten, who stands beside Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and Martin Luther King, Jr., in the pantheon of African Americans who fundamentally shaped American history.

Author : Julie Winch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : African American abolitionists
ISBN : 0197713432

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A Gentleman of Color by Julie Winch Pdf

James Forten began his career as a soldier before becoming the leading sailmaker in Philadelphia and a leader in the black community's reform activities. He served as vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. This is his biography.

Author : Boston Julie Winch Professor of History University of Massachusetts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780198024767

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A Gentleman of Color : The Life of James Forten by Boston Julie Winch Professor of History University of Massachusetts Pdf

In A Gentleman of Color, Julie Winch provides a vividly written, full-length biography of James Forten, one of the most remarkable men in 19th-century America. Forten was born in 1766 into a free black family. As a teenager he served in the Revolution and was captured by the British. Rejecting an attractive offer to change sides, he insisted he was a loyal American. By 1810 he was the leading sailmaker in Philadelphia, where he became well known as an innovative craftsman, a successful manager of black and white employees, and a shrewd businessman. He emerged as a leader in Philadelphia's black community and was active in a wide range of reform activities. He was especially prominent in national and international antislavery movements, served as vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and became close friends with William Lloyd Garrison, to whom he lent money to start up the Liberator. Forten was also the founder of a remarkable dynasty. His children and his son-in-law were all active abolitionists and a granddaughter, Charlotte Forten, published a famous diary of her experiences teaching ex-slaves in South Carolina's Sea Islands during the Civil War. When James Forten died in 1842, five thousand mourners, black and white, turned out to honor a man who had earned the respect of society across the racial divide. This is the first serious biography of Forten, who stands beside Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and Martin Luther King, Jr. in the pantheon of African-Americans who fundamentally shaped American history.

Author : John Bridges,Bryan Curtis
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781401604721

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A Gentleman Gets Dressed Up Revised and Expanded by John Bridges,Bryan Curtis Pdf

A Gentleman Gets Dressed Up is not a book about style—it is a book about the rules—rules that will allow any man to feel more comfortable in the choices he makes about what he wears. Let’s get one thing straight. Clothes do not make the man . . . but they do make a difference. And regardless of whether we like the idea of appearances driving impressions, a man’s exterior often is perceived as an indicator of what’s happening on the interior. Fortunately, tasteful and appropriate dressing doesn’t require inordinate amounts of time or money. Any man can hit the door in fine shape with only a little forethought and a bit of attention to a few guidelines. Never mind the heady cologne and designer labels. With a navy blazer, a good bar of soap, and a regular haircut regimen, he’ll be well on his way to becoming the guy who knows exactly how to suit up, regardless of the occasion. Most important, A Gentleman Gets Dressed Up illustrates how a man’s natural confidence and personality are the best foundation for any wardrobe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024149918

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The Perfect Gentleman; Or, Etiquette and Eloquence. ... By a Gentleman by Anonim Pdf

Author : Van Gosse,David Waldstreicher
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812297225

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Revolutions and Reconstructions by Van Gosse,David Waldstreicher Pdf

Revolutions and Reconstructions gathers historians of the early republic, the Civil War era, and African American and political history to consider not whether black people participated in the politics of the nineteenth century but how, when, and with what lasting effects. Collectively, its authors insist that historians go beyond questioning how revolutionary the American Revolution was, or whether Reconstruction failed, and focus, instead, on how political change initiated by African Americans and their allies constituted the rule in nineteenth-century American politics, not occasional and cataclysmic exceptions. The essays in this groundbreaking collection cover the full range of political activity by black northerners after the Revolution, from cultural politics to widespread voting, within a political system shaped by the rising power of slaveholders. Conceptualizing a new black politics, contributors observe, requires reorienting American politics away from black/white and North/South polarities and toward a new focus on migration and local or state structures. Other essays focus on the middle decades of the nineteenth century and demonstrate that free black politics, not merely the politics of slavery, was a disruptive and consequential force in American political development. From the perspective of the contributors to this volume, formal black politics did not begin in 1865, or with agitation by abolitionists like Frederick Douglass in the 1840s, but rather in the Revolutionary era's antislavery and citizenship activism. As these essays show, revolution, emancipation, and Reconstruction are not separate eras in U.S. history, but rather linked and ongoing processes that began in the 1770s and continued through the nineteenth century. Contributors: Christopher James Bonner, Kellie Carter Jackson, Andrew Diemer, Laura F. Edwards, Van Gosse, Sarah L. H. Gronningsater, M. Scott Heerman, Dale Kretz, Padraig Riley, Samantha Seeley, James M. Shinn Jr., David Waldstreicher.

Author : Francis Lieber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1834
Category : United States
ISBN : NYPL:33433081778296

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Letters to a Gentleman in Germany by Francis Lieber Pdf

Author : Ben. [from old catalog] Horst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1045570871

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The Gentleman of the Color by Ben. [from old catalog] Horst Pdf

Author : Francis Lieber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Northeastern States
ISBN : OXFORD:N11465890

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The Stranger in America; Or, Letters to a Gentleman in Germany: by Francis Lieber Pdf

Author : Marvin Edward McAllister
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0807854506

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White People Do Not Know how to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies & Gentlemen of Colour by Marvin Edward McAllister Pdf

McAllister offers a history of black theater pioneer William Brown's career and places his productions within the broader context of U.S. social, political, and cultural history.

Author : Benjamin Joy Jeffries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:24501667622

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Color-blindness by Benjamin Joy Jeffries Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : PRNC:32101050599875

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The Cultivator & Country Gentleman by Anonim Pdf

Author : A. Ashmun Kelly,Frederick Maire,Arthur Seymour Jennings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1172 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : House painting
ISBN : PSU:000053227980

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House Painting and Decorating ... by A. Ashmun Kelly,Frederick Maire,Arthur Seymour Jennings Pdf

Author : Wilhelm von Bezold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Color
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106289226

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The Theory of Color in Its Relation to Art and Art-industry by Wilhelm von Bezold Pdf

List of books and essays used in the preparation of this work : p. [255]-258.

Author : John R. Milam
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807833308

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Not a Gentleman's War by John R. Milam Pdf

A combat veteran of the Vietnam War draws on oral histories, after-action reports, diaries, letters, and other archival sources to debunk the view that the junior officers who served in Vietnam were poorly trained, unmotivated soldiers typified by Lt. William Calley of My Lai infamy.