From Whence Cometh My Help : The African American Community at Hollins College. [Meet Julius Caesar of Hollis College: The Most Widely Known Colored Man in Virginia; I Saw Lee Surrender; Voice of Mary Emma Brown, Historian & Philosopher; etc]

Smith, Ethel Morgan, 1952- [design, Stephanie Foley, Vickey Kersey DuBois ; photos, Bob Beverly, Zachery Hunt, Opal Moore, Mary Emma Bruce; quotes, Esther Vasser, Margaret Walker, Tillie Olsen, Colleen J McElroy]

ISBN 10: 0826212603 / ISBN 13: 9780826212603

Published by Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2000., 2000

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[1st edition, 1st printing] ; xiii, 147 pp. : illustrated with black & white photographs ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0826212603 (alk. paper) LCCN: 99-47290 ; OCLC: 42435037 ; LC: F234.H65; Dewey: 975.5/792 ; green boards in photographic dustjacket ; SIGNED presentation card laid in from author, dated 2000 ; "In 1842 Charles Lewis Cocke arrived in Roanoke, Virginia, with sixteen slaves; there, he founded Hollis College, an elite women's school. Many of the early students also brought their slaves to the college with them. Upon Emancipation some of the African Americans of the community--mostly women--stayed on as servants, forming what is now called the Hollins Community. Although the servants played an integral part in the college's success, students were strongly discouraged from acknowledging them as people. Rules forbidding any 'familiarity' with the servants perpetuated a prejudicial attitude toward the African American community that would persist well into the 1940s. Determined to give voice to the African American community that served as the silent workforce for Hollins College, Ethel Morgan Smith [herself a graduate of Hollis College] succeeded in finding individuals to step forward and tell their stories."--jacket ; VG/VG. Seller Inventory # 3494

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Title: From Whence Cometh My Help : The African ...

Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2000.

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition.

Book Type: Book

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Synopsis:

Determined to give voice to a generations-old African American community that served as the silent workforce of Hollins College, Virginia, Ethel Morgan Smith found individuals who told the story of their people. This work examines the dynamics of a town built on the foundations of slavery.

About the Author:

An alumna of Hollins College, Ethel Morgan Smith is Assistant Professor of English at West Virginia University. She has received numerous awards, including a Fulbright Fellowship to T bingen, Germany.