William Aikman: 2 books

Travel back in time to the midst of Civil War-torn America and get a first-hand glimpse into how progressive American thinkers were conceptualizing race relations and grappling with the issue of how African-Americans would fare in the aftermath of the war. This thought-provoking essay from writer and pastor William Aikman is a compelling document of a turbulent period in U.S. history.

The Future of the Colored Race in America is a treatise by William Aikman that was published as an article in the Presbyterian Quarterly Review of July, 1862. The book comments on the state of the Negro slaves in America and the course of first year of the Civil War. The book also presents the author's...