Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South

Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 4.1
Word count
451K words
Chapters
46

Tags

English Originals World HistorySocial SciencesPolitics Political AllegoryRacial IssuesCivic AwarenessPower OppressionSocial CritiqueDocumentary NarrativeSocial ObservationAmerican South

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South by Timothy Thomas FortuneAuthor: Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928,Language: English, Class: E151: History: America: United States, Release Date: Oct 7, 2005

Editor's review

This is a political tract by Timothy Thomas Fortune published in the late nineteenth century, addressing land, labor, and politics in the American South; it circulates as a free electronic text via Project Gutenberg. The author, an African American journalist and commentator, confronts race relations and socioeconomic structures directly, setting "black and white" as the basic frame for observing Southern order. The work is strongly argumentative and holds value as a historical document. Its significance lies not in easy storytelling but in understanding the social debates and discourse of the time through a participant's perspective. The text belongs to history and American studies; its language carries the gravity and density of nineteenth-century political writing, making it suitable for thematic reading alongside relevant historical background material. The electronic edition facilitates keyword and paragraph searches, making it convenient for writers and researchers to excerpt.

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  1. Understand the late nineteenth-century Southern US context before entering the main text
  2. Take notes chapter by chapter along the three threads of land, labor, and politics
  3. Excerpt key arguments and read them against other contemporary documents
  4. Use the electronic edition's search function to locate core concepts and recurring terms

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Contents

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What is this book mainly about? According to the materials, the book addresses land, labor, and politics in the American South, using "black and white" as a framework to discuss race relations and socioeconomic structures. It is a historical and American studies political tract.
Is it suitable as an introductory read? Not really. The text is nineteenth-century political writing, dense and lacking modern annotations. Introductory readers should first build relevant historical background or read it alongside guiding materials.
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About the author

Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928 Author · American · 1856–1928

Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856–1928) was an African American journalist, editor, and civil rights activist, and for many years the editor-in-chief of the New York Age. Throughout his life he used the press as his platform, focusing on racial equality and social justice and leaving his mark on African American journalism and the history of the civil rights movement. One work by him is held in this collection, Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South, which addresses questions of land, labor, and politics in the South and has a clear tone of social critique, reflecting his sustained concern, as a journalist, with the issues of his day. Public information about the details of his life is limited; what can be confirmed is chiefly his identity as the journalist, editor, and civil rights activist described above and his work as editor-in-chief. His writing is characterized by political commentary and a strong focus on real-world issues, and his influence is seen mainly in the Black press and civil rights debates of his time.