All Bound Up Together

“Convincingly illustrates the degree to which the women question influenced all aspects of northern black culture from the 1830s onward. . . . Well-written and thoroughly researched.” — Journal of Social History

“Jones distinguishes African American women’s voices, spaces, and places, focusing on the unique aspects of their multidimensional existence. . . . Provides detailed accounts. . . . Documents how these women shaped and defined the nature of American public culture in the 19th century.” — Journal of African American History

“Jones has brilliantly rehistoricized black feminism and reframed the 'woman question.' ” — Journal of Southern History

“Provides important background. . . . Highly recommended.” — CHOICE

“An important contribution to the growing literature on black women’s political activism . . . in the nineteenth century.” — Signs

“Ever mindful of the history of the experiences of white women, Jones proves that black women’s experiences stood separate, and she fruitfully explores the overlaps and digressions. At the same time, she plants the story firmly within the African American experience and its chronology. All Bound Up Together gives us a new and insightful understanding of women’s rights and calls into question many of the foundational concepts of women’s history.” — Glenda Gilmore, Yale University

“This book is groundbreaking in its reconfiguration of black women’s rights as part and parcel of both the black freedom struggle in the nineteenth century and the first wave of American feminism. It recasts both stories in critical ways and, more important, makes clear that they are deeply intertwined. This work is a tour de force.” — Nancy A. Hewitt, Rutgers University

“This important study attests to the continuing vitality of the field of African American women’s history.” — Journal of American History