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Shadow and Light: An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century (Blacks in the American West) - Tapa blanda

Gibbs, Mifflin W.

 
9780803270503: Shadow and Light: An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century (Blacks in the American West)
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ISBN 10: 080327050X ISBN 13: 9780803270503
Editorial: Bison, 1995

Sinopsis

Adventure, danger, romance―Mifflin W. Gibbs seemed to invite them in his determination to better himself. He staked out considerable success as an entrepreneur and public voice in the American West before moving on to other frontiers. In California, where he had gone to seek his fortune, he was politically active, protesting the poll tax, editing a newspaper, and generally speaking out. After exile in Canada, necessitated by his civil-rights agitation and the political climate, Gibbs returned to the United States in 1869―to Oberlin, Ohio, where he earned a degree in law. Then he went to Little Rock, Arkansas, serving as a judge until his appointment as U.S. Consul to Madagascar in 1897. Shadow and Light offers many historical sidelights―on the underground railroad young Gibbs knew first hand, the abolition movement, the Spanish-American War, and nineteenth-century race relations. Acting always on his concern for what he called “the progress of the race,” Gibbs won the support and friendship of leaders as diverse as Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. Introducing this Bison Books edition is Tom W. Dillard, director of the Arkansas Archives at the University of Central Arkansas, Conway.

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Introducing this Bison Books edition is Tom W. Dillard, director of the Arkansas Archives at the University of Central Arkansas, Conway.

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Adventure, danger, romance - Mifflin W. Gibbs seemed to invite them in his determination to better himself. He staked out considerable success as an entrepreneur and public voice in the American West before moving on to other frontiers. In California, where he had gone to seek his fortune, he was politically active, protesting the poll tax, editing a newspaper, and generally speaking out. After exile in Canada, necessitated by his civil-rights agitation and the political climate, Gibbs returned to the United States in 1869 - to Oberlin, Ohio, where he earned a degree in law. Then he went to Little Rock, Arkansas, serving as a judge until his appointment as U.S. Consul to Madagascar in 1897. Shadow and Light offers many historical sidelights - on the underground railroad young Gibbs knew first hand, the abolition movement, the Spanish-American War, and nineteenth-century race relations. Acting always on his concern for what he called "the progress of the race", Gibbs won the support and friendship of leaders as diverse as Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington.

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Editorial
Bison
Año de publicación
1995
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
080327050X
ISBN 13 
9780803270503
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
488
Contacto del fabricante
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ISBN 10:  1513219413 ISBN 13:  9781513219417
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