The Grimkes
The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2022], ©2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxviii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Sarah and Angelina Grimke--the Grimke sisters--are revered figures in American history, famous for rejecting their privileged lives on a plantation in South Carolina to become firebrand activists in the North. Their antislavery pamphlets, among the most influential of the antebellum era, are still read today. Yet retellings of their epic story have long obscured their Black relatives. In The Grimkes, award-winning historian Kerri Greenidge presents a parallel narrative, indeed a long-overdue corrective, shifting the focus from the white abolitionist sisters to the Black Grimkes and deepening our understanding of the long struggle for racial and gender equality"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: The two nanas -- Part I: Forgetting how to weep, 1790-1840. Philadelphia, 1834 ; The misses Grimke ; The Fortens ; Alliances -- Part II: The border of our seeing, 1840-1865. The Grinke-Welds ; Nancy ; Lottie ; On the sea islands ; The noblest blood of the South -- Part III: Then awakening--remembrance, 1865-1930. Women's rights ; Archie, Frank, and John ; The pulse of the colored elite ; Nana ; Blessed are the barren -- Epilogue.
Subjects:
Grimké family.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.
Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
Grimké family.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.
Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781324090847
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Grimke Family | Main (Downtown) | New - First Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Grimke Family | Main (Downtown) | New - First Level, Biography | Out (Due: 6/4/2024) |
BIOGRAPHY Grimke Family | Ballentine Indoors | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-377) and index.