The Gift of Black Folk
by W. E. B. Du Bois
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About this eBook
- Author
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Title
- The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America
- Credits
- Nick Wall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E151: History: America: United States
- Subject
- United States -- Race relations
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 66398
- Release Date
- September 27, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.FOREWORD
- 4.THE RACIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES
- 5.THE GIFT OF BLACK FOLK
- 6.PRESCRIPT
- 7.CHAPTER I THE BLACK EXPLORERS
- 8.CHAPTER II BLACK LABOR
- 9.CHAPTER III BLACK SOLDIERS — 1. Colonial Wars — 2. The Revolutionary War — 3. The War of 1812 — 4. The Civil War — 5. The War in Cuba — 6. Carrizal — 7. The World War
- 10.CHAPTER IV THE EMANCIPATION OF DEMOCRACY — 1. Democracy — 2. Influence on White Thought — 3. Insurrection — 4. Haiti and After — 5. The Appeal to Reason — 6. The Fugitive Slave — 7. Bargaining
- 11.CHAPTER V THE RECONSTRUCTION OF FREEDOM
- 12.CHAPTER VI THE FREEDOM OF WOMANHOOD
- 13.CHAPTER VII THE AMERICAN FOLK SONG
- 14.CHAPTER VIII NEGRO ART AND LITERATURE
- 15.CHAPTER IX THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT
- 16.POSTSCRIPT
- 17.FOOTNOTES
- 18.INDEX
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