A Refugee from His Race: Albion W. Tourgée and His Fight against White Supremacy

by Carolyn L. Karcher

Book Overview

During one of the darkest periods of U.S. history, when white supremacy was entrenching itself throughout the nation, the white writer-jurist-activist Albion W. Tourgee (1838-1905) forged an extraordinary alliance with African Americans. Acclaimed by blacks as "one of the best friends of the Afro-American people this country has ever produced" and reviled by white Southerners as a race traitor, Tourgee offers an ideal lens through which to reexamine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469627957
• ISBN13: 9781469627953
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"