The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough: An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship

by William Sanders Scarborough

Book Overview

An important autobiography that reveals the story of William Sanders Scarborough who rose out of slavery to become a renowned classical philologist and African American icon.

"If W.E.B Du Bois, the antecedent of today's black public intellectuals, himself has an antecedent, it is W. S. Scarborough, the black scholar's scholar." - Henry Louis Gates Jr.
This illuminating autobiography traces Scarborough's path out of slavery...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814332242
• ISBN13: 9780814332245
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 425 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"