Edward Mitchell Bannister & Christiana Carteaux Bannister
A Documentary History and Annotated Research Bibliography
by Michael McGuigan
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Explore the lives and legacies of two influential nineteenth-century African Americans whose work shaped New England's artistic, social, and philanthropic history.
This research collection brings together historical newspapers, archival manuscripts, census records, city directories, exhibition catalogs, scholarly publications, and other documentary evidence to illuminate their lives and historical significance.
Please feel free to explore, study, and use the material within these pages. My only ask is that you acknowledge the effort that went into these pages by crediting the individuals whose work is represented here.