Brandi C Brimmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 8833486 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brandi C Brimmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brandi C |
| FAMILY NAME | Brimmer |
| SIGNATURE | BRIMMER B C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Soul Liberty
In Soul Liberty, Nicole Myers Turner analyzes the relationship between Black religious institutions and Black political participation in Virginia during the post-emancipation period. Her study is based on an ambitious reading of, among others, the records of the Baptist, Zion Union Apostolic, and Episcopal churches; church convention minutes; and the manuscript collection of political magnate William Mahone. Turner also creatively deploys maps as…
Southern Black Women and Their Struggle for Freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction
This rich and innovative collection explores the ways in which Black women, from diverse regions of the American South, employed various forms of resistance and survival strategies to navigate one of the most tumultuous periods in American history – the Civil War and Reconstruction era. The essays included shed new light on individual narratives and case studies of women in war and freedom, revealing that Black women recognized they had to make t…
Tracing the Intimate Histories of Poor Black Women in the Late-Nineteenth-Century US South
This article explores the dynamics of separation among Black veterans and their spouses in the post-emancipation South through an analysis of pension records. Few archival sources provide descriptions of Black working-class women and their relationships with their estranged husbands. Pension files offer a glimpse into the intimate lives of the Black poor and the legal communities they participated in as they navigated the US Pension bureaucracy. …
"Her Claim for Pension Is Lawful and Just"
"Her Claim for Pension Is Lawful and Just"Representing Black Union Widows in Late-Nineteenth Century North Carolina Brandi C. Brimmer (bio) On November 4, 1895, a short article appeared in the New York Times about a black Union widow and her "pension attorneys," Frederick C. Douglass, a black claims agent (not related to the famous abolitionist leader), and Edward W. Carpenter, a white probate judge and the leading agent for black Union widows in…
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"Her Claim for Pension Is Lawful and Just"
"Her Claim for Pension Is Lawful and Just"Representing Black Union Widows in Late-Nineteenth Century North Carolina Brandi C. Brimmer (bio) On November 4, 1895, a short article appeared in the New York Times about a black Union widow and her "pension attorneys," Frederick C. Douglass, a black claims agent (not related to the famous abolitionist leader), and Edward W. Carpenter, a white probate judge and the leading agent for black Union widows in…
Tracing the Intimate Histories of Poor Black Women in the Late-Nineteenth-Century US South
This article explores the dynamics of separation among Black veterans and their spouses in the post-emancipation South through an analysis of pension records. Few archival sources provide descriptions of Black working-class women and their relationships with their estranged husbands. Pension files offer a glimpse into the intimate lives of the Black poor and the legal communities they participated in as they navigated the US Pension bureaucracy. …
Southern Black Women and Their Struggle for Freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction
This rich and innovative collection explores the ways in which Black women, from diverse regions of the American South, employed various forms of resistance and survival strategies to navigate one of the most tumultuous periods in American history – the Civil War and Reconstruction era. The essays included shed new light on individual narratives and case studies of women in war and freedom, revealing that Black women recognized they had to make t…
Soul Liberty
In Soul Liberty, Nicole Myers Turner analyzes the relationship between Black religious institutions and Black political participation in Virginia during the post-emancipation period. Her study is based on an ambitious reading of, among others, the records of the Baptist, Zion Union Apostolic, and Episcopal churches; church convention minutes; and the manuscript collection of political magnate William Mahone. Turner also creatively deploys maps as…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 works) · History (2 works) · Pension (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)