The Journals of Charlotte Forten Grimké

by Charlotte L. Forten Grimké, Brenda Stevenson (Editor)

Overview

Born into an affluent and politically active black family, Grimke (1837-1914) was a scholar, reformer, teacher, and writer. Her keen observation makes her journals an important insight into the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195052381
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/14/1988
Series:	The ^ASchomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	5.73(w) x 8.72(h) x 1.85(d)

Editorial Reviews

"Charlotte Grimké [1837-1914] was such a keen observer and meticulous recorder of the events of her day, her journal survives as an important chronicle of one woman's struggles and accomplishments during this most important era in U.S. history."—Brenda Stevenson, in her Introduction

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