North of Slavery
North of Slavery, by Leon F. Litwack. University of Slavery, a word that can be defined no better than a menacing and brutal act that brought terror to African American lives. In the early to middle 1800's the race began to discover hope to rid themselves the lack of freedom. With the help of abolitionists and other people fighting against slavery, light was beginning to shine at the end of the long, bloody tunnel. Sadly, the freedom from slavery did not come without obstacles. Many blacks were victims of segregation and even emigration out of the country. The purpose of this book is to explain the period of slavery and the situations of Negroes from 1790 to 1860. The author, Leon F. Litwack, published this book in 1961. He began teaching in 1964 after earning a B.A. in 1951 and a Ph.D. in 1958. He is the A.F. and May T. Morrison Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a past president of OAH. North of Slavery was his first major publication. He later wrote Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery (1980). The book was the winner of the Pulitzer and Francis Parkman prizes. His latest book is Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Cro
The text is divided up into the eight chapters, each consisting of about 30 pages. I can only imagine the great deal of time spent in developing the book. There are over 318 total pages, but the text is held to only about 280 pages. He simply writes the facts and nothing more. He included a 23-page bibliographical essay that shows the dozens upon dozens of sources used in the book. The author's theme of the book is presented as the subtitle, which is "The Negro in the Free States 1790 - 1860. Throughout the reading, I did not discover any errors or misinterpretations. This is an example of how bad it really was for "free" blacks. Litwack, on the other hand, organizes his work so anybody can understand. In the end however, the extraordinary amount of information and facts out weighed the style. Chronology seems to be the main method used by Litwack. He begins the book with a discussion about the transition from Negro slavery to freedom. He expresses absolutely no opinion in the book. North of Slavery is loaded with quotes. Litwack doesn't seem to have any real strong contentions.
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