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ERIC Number: EJ108183
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Negroes in Pre-Civil War History: New Myths in the Making
Spear, Lois
Social Studies, 65, 7, 310-313, Dec 74
This article analyzes three incidents in pre-Civil War history; Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre, John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry, and Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. The article examines how these incidents have been distorted into myths and stereotypes and offers more correct historical interpretations. (DE)
Descriptors: Black History, Civil War (United States), Ethnic Stereotypes, Higher Education, Historical Criticism, Historiography, History Instruction, Mythology, Revolutionary War (United States), United States History
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