While Ellison was exceptional in many respects, the story of his life sheds light on the collective experience of African Americans in the antebellum South to whom he remained bound by race. His family history emphasizes the fine line separating freedom from slavery.
While Ellison was exceptional in many respects, the story of his life sheds light on the collective experience of African Americans in the antebellum ...
Traditionally, the secession of the states in the lower South has been viewed as an irrational response to Lincoln's election or as a rational response to the genuine threat a Republican president posed to the geographical expansion of slavery. Both views emphasize the fundamental importance of relations between the federal government and the southern states, but overlook the degree to which secession was a response to a crisis within the South.
Johnson argues that secession was a double revolution -- for home rule and for those who ruled at home -- brought about by an internal crisis in...
Traditionally, the secession of the states in the lower South has been viewed as an irrational response to Lincoln's election or as a rational resp...
These thirty-four letters, written by members of the William Ellison family, comprise the only sustained correspondence by a free Afro-American family in the late antebellum South. Born a slave, Ellison was freed in 1816, set up a cotton gin business, and by his death in 1861, he owned sixty-three slaves and was the wealthiest free black in South Carolina. Although the early letters are indistinguishable from those of white contemporaries, the later correspondence is preoccupied with proof of their free status.
These thirty-four letters, written by members of the William Ellison family, comprise the only sustained correspondence by a free Afro-American family...
Johnson, Michael P.; Solak, Senay; Keisler, Jeffrey M.
A multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving in community-based organizations using decision models and operations research applications
A comprehensive treatment of public-sector operations research and management science, Decision Science for Housing and Community Development: Localized and Evidence-Based Responses to Distressed Housing and Blighted Communities addresses critical problems in urban housing and community development through a diverse set of decision models and applications. The book represents a bridge between theory and practice and is a source of...
A multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving in community-based organizations using decision models and operations research applications<...
