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The Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois
Chronicles the Civil War experience of a representative African American regimentThe Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois tells the story of the Twenty-ninth United States Colored Infa…
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Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect
The first—and still most important—book on Gullah languageA unique creole language spoken on the coastal islands and adjacent mainland of South Carolina and Georgia, Gullah existed as…
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Daufuskie Island
2008 Essence Literary Award for PhotographyFirst published in 1982, Daufuskie Island vividly captured life on a South Carolina Sea Island before the arrival of resort culture through t…
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Free Black Charlestonians in Debate
The comprehensive, never-before-published records of a debating society run by free Black men From 1847 until 1858, when "political disadvantages" prompted its dissolution, the Clionia…
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When I Can Read My Title Clear
This is the first study to focus on the roots of slavery in the African-American drive for literacy and schooling that exploded immediately after the American Civil War. The author examines wh…
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Gate of Hell
A graphic recreation of the battle made famous by the movie GloryKnown for sharply affecting the Civil War's outcome, the Charleston campaign of 1863 included the Battle for Battery Wa…
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The African American Odyssey of John Kizell
A compelling biography of a South Carolina slave who returned to fight the slave trade in his African homelandThe inspirational story of John Kizell celebrates the life of a West Afric…
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Money, Trade, and Power
Examines the economic and cultural development of England's most British colonyReflecting the burgeoning interest of colonial historians in South Carolina and its role as the economic…
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Broke by the War
The revealing correspondence of a South Carolina slave trader from years just before the Civil WarBroke by the War is a collection of more than 140 letters written between 1852 and 185…
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Voices of Our Ancestors
The first detailed linguistic history of South Carolina, with a new preface by the authorIn Voices of Our Ancestors Patricia Causey Nichols offers the first detailed linguistic history…
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Descended
A mysterious name initiates a journey to discover one family's past, and reveals more than was expected It began with a name. Sancho. Gleaned from the memory of his oldest living relat…
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The Slow Undoing
A study of how South Carolina's federal district courts were central to achieving and solidifying gains during the civil rights movementAs the first comprehensive study of one state's…
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Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery
Prior to the abolition of slavery, thousands of African-descended people in the Americas lived in freedom. Their efforts to navigate daily life and negotiate the boundaries of racial differenc…
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Crossings and Encounters
A collection of essays detailing how individuals remapped race, gender, and sexuality through their lived experiences and in the cultural imaginationFor centuries the Atlantic world ha…
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A True Likeness
Extraordinary photos that reveal the social, economic, and cultural realities of the Black SouthA True Likeness showcases the extraordinary photography of Richard Samuel Roberts (1880-…
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Understanding Randall Kenan
The first book-length study of the life and writings of the critically acclaimed Southern writerRandall Kenan is an American author best known for his novel A Visitation of Spirits and…
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Understanding James Baldwin
An analysis of the ground-breaking author's vision and thematic concernsThe Harlem-born son of a storefront preacher, JamesBaldwin died almost thirty years ago, but his spirit lives on…
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The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Volume 5
The twentieth-century writings of a pioneering voice for social justiceThe Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a five-volume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning t…
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They Stole Him Out of Jail
The most comprehensive account of the horrific lynching of Willie EarleBefore daybreak on February 17, 1947, twenty-four-year-old Willie Earle, an African American man arrested for the…
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Stories of Struggle
In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burning…
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