{"product_id":"whispers-of-cruel-wrongs-mary-maillard-9780299311803","title":"Whispers of Cruel Wrongs: The Correspondence of Louisa Jacobs and Her Circle, 1879-1911","description":"Louisa Jacobs was the daughter of Harriet Jacobs, author of the famous autobiography \u003ci\u003eIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. That work included a heartbreaking account of Harriet parting with six-year-old Louisa, taken away to the North by her white father. Now, rediscovered letters reveal the lives of Louisa and her circle and shed light on Harriet's old age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e New voices call out from the lost world of nineteenth-century African American women in this annotated correspondence. Unidentified for nearly one hundred years, over seventy rare letters from Louisa Jacobs, Annie Purvis, and Charlotte Forten to their friend Eugenie Webb disclose the lives of these educated, resourceful women. Jacobs taught at Howard University, ran her own small business, advocated for civil rights, cared for her ailing mother, and worked for two federal agencies. Purvis, Forten, and Webb were descendants of some of Philadelphia's earliest free black abolitionist families. Sustained by friendship and faith, these women created warm and sympathetic relationships, despite difficult family obligations and the racist strife that marked the post-Reconstruction era in Washington, Philadelphia, and New Jersey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Maillard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299311805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299311803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017","brand":"Mary Maillard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47420879503615,"sku":"9780299311803","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7835829f-65f9-4d8e-8eb4-cd5af7180131.jpg?v=1761526445","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whispers-of-cruel-wrongs-mary-maillard-9780299311803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}