But One Race: The Life of Robert Purvis

by Margaret Hope Bacon

Book Overview

Born in South Carolina to a wealthy white father and mixed race mother, Robert Purvis (1810-1898) was one of the nineteenth century's leading black abolitionists and orators. In this first biography of Purvis, Margaret Hope Bacon uses his eloquent and often fierce speeches to provide a glimpse into the life of a passionate and distinguished man, intimately involved with a wide range of major reform movements, including abolition, civil rights, Underground...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791470075
• ISBN13: 9780791470077
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"