Images
This project capitalizes on the discovery of written works by African American women of the Civil War era. These works provide us with reading material for enlightenment and enjoyment. In addition to the full text of each author's works, the project provides images, biographical information, historic newspaper articles, and secondary material.
“Images” collects portraits and other forms of authorial images. Their images verify the authors as proud, beautiful, and sophisticated professionals. They are portrayed as competent individuals, which effectively questions the stereotype held by some Americans of African American women from this time period. The images also reflect the beauty and creativity of their works. In addition, this section includes images of the book covers and title pages, which tend to be very decorative. These stimulate our curiosity and encourage us to examine the works further.
Search the metadata of all portraits.
Search the metadata of all images of covers and title pages.