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Article: Black Charlestonians: A Social History, 1822-1885.
- Article from:
- The Mississippi Quarterly
- Article date:
- March 22, 1997
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by Bernard E. Powers, Jr. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1994, xi, 377 pp. $36.00
At least a history in which African Americans are not portrayed as victims but rather as inventive and industrious people capable of turning adversity into challenge. That the antebellum Charleston black community rose early to this challenge is everywhere apparent in Black Charlestonians: A Social History, 1822-1885. Photographs of community leaders invite the reader's respect. Well-dressed, attractive and dignified, these men and women of the antebellum period exhibit a quiet confidence: their expressions are serene and thoughtful. The erectness of carriage and sense of ...