"Jabez Delano Hammond published The Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn in 1847, amid state debates over black suffrage and national debates over slavery’s e

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"An attempt by a Southerner to rise above deep-bred prejudices and objectively list the known accomplishments of African Americans following the end of slavery"