The Reconstruction diary of Frances Anne Rollin a critical edition / edited by Jennifer Putzi.
| Author/creator | Rollin, Frances Anne |
| Other author | Putzi, Jennifer |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | critical edition. |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2025] |
| Description | xxix, 270 pages illustrations 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist) |
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| Physical medium | illustrations |
| Physical medium | maps |
| Physical medium | charts |
| Series | John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/fe4d1fe7-0969-f38c-b42d-3f1b01565d79 |
| Contents | Foreword / by Carole Ione -- Timeline -- Biographical Notes -- Note on Editorial Methods -- The Diary -- Appendix A: Letter from William Lloyd Garrison to James T. Fields, 11 February 1868 -- Appendix B: Frank A. Rollin, Introduction to Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany -- Appendix C: Editorial Review of "Life of Maj. Delaney" -- Appendix D: Review of Life and Public Services, 7 November 1868 -- Appendix E: Review of Life and Public Services, 20 March 1869 -- Appendix F: Daniel E. Murray, "Sketch of Frances Rollin Whipper." |
| Abstract | "In 1867, Frances Anne Rollin, a Black writer and teacher from South Carolina, traveled to Boston to seek a publisher for her biography of famed Black abolitionist, writer, and Civil War veteran Martin R. Delany--the first full-length biography written by an African American. Beginning in January 1868, Rollin kept a diary while in Boston documenting her progression on Delany's biography, negotiations with publishers, visits from friends, attendance at lectures and readings, and her marriage to William J. Whipper, a Black politician and jurist. Rollin's diary is one of the earliest known diaries by a Southern Black woman. In this critical edition Jennifer Putzi offers the first complete transcription and annotation of Rollin's diary, along with a robust introduction providing important biographical, historical, cultural, and literary contexts for readers. Rollin's diary provides one of the fullest pictures of an African American woman as an author, activist, and well-connected and politically involved individual during the Reconstruction era-filling a gap in the literature and scholarly analysis of such preserved works by nineteenth-century African American women"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (247-257) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2025013890 |
| ISBN | 9781469690018 cloth |
| ISBN | 9781469690025 paperback |
| ISBN | epub |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |