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The Grimk'e Sisters from South Carolina : Pioneers for Woman's Rights and Abolition The only Southern white women ever to become leading abolitionists, Sarah and Angelina Grimki encountered many obstacles and leapt many hurdles in pursuing their anti-slavery work. Their greatest accomplishment was overcoming the ubiquitous prejudices of society in regard to women. Indeed, they were the first women to take to the public platform and the first to assert women's rights. In The Grimki Sisters from South Carolina, Gerda Lerner, herself a leading historian and pioneer in women's studies, tells the compelling history of these determined sisters and the inroads they made for women and blacks alike. From their wealthy upbringing in Charleston, South Carolina, the societal restraints that kept them from higher education, and their utter contempt of slavery, to their conversion to the Quaker religion, and monumental achievements at the podium and with the pen, Lerner illuminates the lasting contributions of the Grimki sisters, as well as the important role played by women in the anti-slavery movement. |
South Carolina Goes to War, 1860-1865 South Carolina Goes to War, 1860–1865 stands as the only institutional and political history of the Palmetto State’s secession from the Union, entry into the Confederacy, and management of the war effort. Charles Edward Cauthen’s germinal study offers a thorough examination of the state’s political leadership and policymaking during the secession crisis and the subsequent four years of war. Notable for its attention to the precursors of war too often neglected in other studies, the volume devotes half of its chapters to events predating the firing on Fort Sumter and pays significant attention to the Executive Councils of 1861 and 1862. |
South Carolina's Civil War: A Narrative History A narrative approach to the Civil War era, particularly focusing upon colorful personalities that impact South Carolina's and America's history such as Francis W. Pickens, Lucy Holcombe Pickens, Wade Hampton, Roger Smalls, and Robert Barnwell Rhett. Exploring South Carolina as the state where the war began - a state where the white leadership chose to defy the Union rather than release their grip on slavery - South Carolina's Civil War is as gripping and involving as it is acute in its attention to detail. An excellent contribution to school, library, and personal history shelves. |
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