Invisible Founders : : How Two Centuries of African American Families Transformed a Plantation into a College /

Invisible Founders : : How Two Centuries of African American Families Transformed a Plantation into a College / / Lynn Rainville.

Literal and metaphorical excavations at Sweet Briar College reveal how African American labor enabled the transformation of Sweet Briar Plantation into a private women’s college in 1906. This volume tells the story of the invisible founders of a college founded by and for white women. Despite being...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Rainville, Lynn,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Invisible Workers
  • Chapter 2. Family Origins, 1685–1810
  • Chapter 3. Virginian Slavery, 1811–1830
  • Chapter 4. Survival Strategies, 1831–1857
  • Chapter 5. Families Divided, 1858–1865
  • Chapter 6. Freedom Communities, 1866–1883
  • Chapter 7. Mourning the Dead, 1884–1900
  • Chapter 8. Forgotten Founders, 1901–2001
  • Chapter 9. Commemorating Founders
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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