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A documentary history of the negro people in the united states volume 6. Subsequent volumes in the series, covering the years. Read nat turners slave rebellion including the 1831 confessions by herbert aptheker available from rakuten kobo. At eight years old, bettina aptheker watched her familys politics play out in countless living rooms across the country when her father, historian and u. My first reaction to the shocking news in bettina apthekers book that her father, herbert, sexually abused her as a child. From the alabama protests to the death of martin luther king, jr. The trial of angela davis published with a new introduction and afterward march 2003.
Identification of item, herbert aptheker papers, m1032, dept. Herbert aptheker primary author only author division. Aptheker graduated with a doctorate in history from columbia university in 1943. Herbert aptheker historian of blacks in america sfgate. The negro in the abolitionist movement maroons within the present limits of the united states john brown. The school in the united statescollects the essential primary documents of the history of education in the united states. He also compiled the 7volume documentary history of the negro people 19511994. Examines the existence of antiracism in this country, covering the period from the 1600s through the 1860schallenging the view that racism was universally accepted by whites until the outbreak of. Historian herbert aptheker, widely known for his multivolume documentary history of african americans and for his position as the literary executor of. Librivox free audiobook dobe systems cape cast noticias48 please dont gawk living with your engineer as we go actual play podcast living your one life featured.
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Get ebooks nat turner on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. A documentary history of the negro people in the united. Herbert aptheker july 31, 1915 march 17, 2003 was an american marxist historian and political activist. Contemporary scholars are grateful to both men for their pioneering work in the field of slave revolts. Topics blacks, american civil war, union navy, abolitionism, guerrilla warfare, slavery, charles caldwell, reconstruction collection opensource. Every once in a while i seek a bit of comic relief from the burdens of our kafkaesque world. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. From the korean war to the emergence of martin luther king,jr. For example, world war ii with quotes will give more precise results than world war ii without quotes. Nat turners slave rebellion by aptheker, herbert ebook.
Dubois, whose correspondence he published between 1973 and 78, died at 87 on this date in 2003. Herbert aptheker was born in brooklyn, new york on july 31, 1915. Nat turners slave rebellion ebook by herbert aptheker. Nonetheless, herbert aptheker did extensive research about the slave revolts that happened in america, which is evident through. Herbert aptheker shows how the opposition to slavery and racism emerged through the civil war from the 1820s as a tight organization of professional revolutionaries, dedicated to nothing less than the confiscation of billions of dollars worth of private property in the form of slaves. Studies in american negro history by herbert aptheker. From the korean war to the emergence of martin luther king. Wildcard searching if you want to search for multiple variations of a word, you can substitute a special symbol called a wildcard for one or more letters. A pioneering work that demolished the widespread claims that african americans accepted slavery and were passive.
One of the cpusas leading intellectuals, he and a majority of its leaders had defended the soviet intervention in hungary in 1956. Herbert aptheker books list of books by author herbert. On april 28, 1966 herbert aptheker was a speaker at the herbert aptheker testimonial dinner. About the herbert aptheker sexual revelations history. What has the author herbert aptheker written answers. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. Herbert aptheker available for download and read online in other formats. Aptheker was a pioneering and prolific writer about black american history, including about slave revolts. A revolutionary movement, and the correspondence of w.
An outcry against the souths exploitative slave system, the revolt was. In the summer of 1831, a band of some forty slaves led by nat turner attacked slaveowning residents of southampton county, virginia. Intimate politics by bettina aptheker overdrive rakuten. In 1951 herbert aptheker, who has died aged 87, published the first volume of a documentary history of the negro people in the united states. Herbert aptheker is currently considered a single author. Because of his membership in the communist party of the united states, which he joined in. He studied history at columbia university, earning a bachelors degree in 1936, a masters degree in 1937, and a phd in 1943. Phrase searching you can use double quotes to search for a series of words in a particular order. Herbert aptheker and african american history history. Herbert apthekers most popular book is american negro slave revolts.
In the last article, stalinism and negro history, fourth international, november 1949 we showed. Herbert aptheker is the editor of the marxist monthly, political. One of the largest and most violent revolts in the history of the young nation, the rebellion took the lives of some sixty white men, women, and children. During his college years, aptheker taught some night classes at the american communist partys new york workers school. If one discusses herbert apthekers work in african american history in the midst of controversy over bettina apthekers assertion that her prominent father molested her as a child, one is left. This acclaimed book by herbert aptheker is available at in several formats for your ereader. Books by herbert aptheker author of american negro slave. In the summer of 1831, a band of some forty slaves led by nat turner attacked slaveowning residents of southampton coun. Herbert aptheker s account of the bloodiest slave uprising in u. Eric foner is dewitt clinton professor of history at columbia university and the former president of both the american historical association and the. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
Because of his membership in the communist party of the united states, which he joined in 1939, he. Meticulously researched, it explores the nature of southern society in the early nineteenth century and the conditions that led to the rebellion. Herbert aptheker was a professor of history at the university of massachusetts. He was shocked by the operation of the jim crow laws and on his return to new york city he wrote an article for his school newspaper about racial segregation in. Riding to freedom, the new secession and how to smash it. Herbert aptheker has 50 books on goodreads with 2531 ratings. Herbert aptheker was born in brooklyn on 31st july, 1915. Herbert aptheker, the prolific marxist historian best known for his threevolume documentary history of the negro people in the united states and for editing the correspondence and writing of. Herbert aptheker, historian and lecturer, was born in brooklyn, new york, on july 31, 1915 to benjamin and rebecca komar aptheker. Herbert aptheker, american historian who wrote and lectured extensively on black history and on his marxist political views. Expertly chosen by historian and education scholar james fraser, these documents walk students through two centuries of u. Radical historian herbert aptheker, author of the sevenvolume documentary history of the negro people in the united states and literary executor for w. This book is written in a very proper and scholarly manner, which makes the tone of the book quite dry at times. Herbert apthekers account of the bloodiest slave uprising in u.
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