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Slavery existed long before the United States of America was founded, but so did opposition to slavery. Both flourished after the founding of the country, and the anti-slavery movement was known as abolition. For many abolitionists, slavery was the preeminent moral issue of the... Read Full Overview

Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was an American novelist, women's rights activist, abolitionist, journalist, and activist for Native American rights. Child is famous for her fiction and domestic manuals, which enjoyed international popularity during the mid 19th century. However,... Read Full Overview

The Freedmen's Book, written by Lydia Maria Francis Child and published in 1866, is a collection of stories, poems, and articles aimed at educating newly freed African Americans after the Civil War. The book is divided into four sections: History, Biography, Tales and Sketches,... Read Full Overview

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"The Freedmen's Book" from Lydia Maria Child. American abolitionist, women's rights activist (1802-1880).

The Freedmen's Book is a collection of stories, poems, and essays written by Lydia Maria Francis Child in 1866. The book is dedicated to the newly freed African American population and aims to provide them with education and moral guidance. The stories and poems cover a range... Read Full Overview

The Freedmen's Book is a collection of stories, poems, and articles compiled by Lydia Maria Francis Child, an American abolitionist and women's rights activist, in 1866. The book was intended to provide educational and moral guidance to newly freed African Americans during the... Read Full Overview

The Freedmen's Book, by Lydia Maria Child was published in 1865. It was intended for use by recently freed African Americans, who were flocking to whatever schools they could find in order to learn to read. As a source of inspiration to freedmen, Lydia Child offers a compilation... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The Freedmen's Book, written by Lydia Maria Francis Child and published in 1866, is a collection of stories, poems, and essays intended for newly emancipated African Americans in the United States. The book includes works by both Black and white authors, and covers a wide range... Read Full Overview

The freedmen's book is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we... Read Full Overview

The freedmen's book is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we... Read Full Overview

The freedmen's book. This book, "The freedmen's book", by Lydia Maria Child, is a replication of a book originally published before 1865. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

The Freedmen's Book - A True Record of what Coloured Men have accomplished, under Great Disadvantages by L. Maria Child - O dark, sad millions, -patiently and dumb Waiting for God, -your hour, at last, has come, And Freedom's song Breaks the long silence of your night of wrong... Read Full Overview