Literary Library

Jack D. Forbes

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1934 - February 23, 2011American writer, scholar and political activistAuthor of "Native Americans of California and Nevada", "Africans ...
Academic Activist Africa African Africans American Book Award California Christopher Columbus College Columbus Cultural Historian Culture Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University Native Native American Native Culture Nevada Political Political Activist Politics Scholar Slavery Slaves University Writer

James Oakes

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1953 - American historian, professor and authorAuthor of "The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders", "The Radical and the R...
Abraham Lincoln American History Civil War Frederick Douglass Historian history Professor Slavery Slaves Teach Teacher University

John Greenleaf Whittier

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1807 - September 7, 1892American Quaker poet and abolitionistAuthor of "Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier", "Snow-bound" and "Anti-Sla...
Abolitionist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Quaker Slavery Slaves

William Cooper Nell

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1816 - May 25, 1874African-American abolitionist, journalist, publisher and writerAuthor of "Services of Colored Americans in the War...
Abolitionist African American African American History American History American Revolution American South Journalism Journalist Patriots Publisher Slavery Slaves Underground Railroad Writer