Search
Tasting freedom : Octavius Catto and the battle for equality in Civil War America

text Tasting freedom : Octavius Catto and the battle for equality in Civil War America

Biddle, Daniel R.

Summary
Octavius Valentine Catto was an orator who shared stages with Frederick Douglass, a second baseman on Philadelphia's best black baseball team, a teacher at the city's finest black school and an activist who fought in the state capital and on the s... Read more
Contents
Introduction: "A hundred O.V. Cattos" -- Charleston -- Arm in arm -- "Keep the flame burning-- " -- With giants -- Lessons -- The Irish, the killers, and Squire McMullen -- "Arise, young North" -- "How much I yearn to be a man" -- A chance on the ... Read more
Format
text
Description
x, 616 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher
Temple University Press 2010
MARC Permalink

Available Copies

Library Location Status
Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 CATTO, OCTAVIUS BID in Adult Non-fiction Available

All Copies (Show)

Genres (Show)

Subjects (Show)

Other Authors / Cast (Show)

Back to Top