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Book/Printed Material A glance at the past and present of the Negro

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[ Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection copy ]

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Title

  • A glance at the past and present of the Negro

Summary

  • Terrell, a Washington, D.C., resident and an African American minister, hails the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation as the greatest events in US and African American history, reviews slavery and its impact upon African Americans, and discusses current problems, such as racial hatred and the demand for skilled labor that confront African Americans.

Names

  • Terrell, Robert H. (Robert Heberton), 1857-1925
  • Citizen's Industrial League of Memphis, Tennessee
  • Murray, Daniel Alexander Payne, 1852-1925, donor
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Washington : Press of R. L. Pendleton, 1903.

Headings

  • -  African Americans
  • -  Slavery--United States

Genre

  • Addresses--Tennessee--Memphis--1903

Notes

  • -  Replace; LC copy under E185.T3 replaced by preservation microfilm.

Medium

  • 16 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E185 .T3
  • E449 .D16 vol. 18, no. 1 Another copy. Inscription in ink on t.p.: [by Robert H. Terrell] of Washington, D.C. Correction in ink on p. 8. Verso of t.p. stamped: The bequest of Daniel Murray, Washington, D.C. 1925.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04009708

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Terrell, Robert H, Tennessee Citizen'S Industrial League Of Memphis, Daniel Alexander Payne Murray, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. A glance at the past and present of the Negro. Washington: Press of R. L. Pendleton, 1903. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/04009708/.

APA citation style:

Terrell, R. H., Citizen'S Industrial League Of Memphis, T., Murray, D. A. P. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1903) A glance at the past and present of the Negro. Washington: Press of R. L. Pendleton. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/04009708/.

MLA citation style:

Terrell, Robert H, et al. A glance at the past and present of the Negro. Washington: Press of R. L. Pendleton, 1903. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/04009708/>.