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Tourgee's fiction novels, An Appeal to Caesar, A Fool's Errand and Bricks Without Straw were the primary sources which contributed the most to this exhibit. Through them you can adequately see how Tourgee's analysis of the depictions of African Americans by both white northerners and southerners. Mark Elliot's article, "Justice Deferred: Albion Tourgee and the Fight for Civil Rights," was utilized as a secondary source within the exhibit because it gave information about Tourgee's background which was advantageous in understanding why he came to write and be a political activist for the rights of African Americans. 

Primary Sources:

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on African American enfranchisement as a means to degrade the South in An Appeal to Caesar, 1884,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/578.

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on African Americans not being able to testify in court in A Fool's Errand, 1879,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/584

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on African Americans not being granted even the most minimal rights in A Fool's Errand, 1879,”Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/585.

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on Christianity as a northern motivation for abolition in Bricks Without Straw, 1880,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/582.

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on downfalls of Emancipation Proclamation in that it didn't grant for freedmen in Bricks Without Straw, 1880,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/581.

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on evolution of Christianity which ultimately led to accepting and endorsing U.S. slavery in An Appeal to Caesar, 1884,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/579.

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on northern perception of freedmen not utilizing rights in An Appeal to Caesar, 1884,”Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/576

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on privileges of rights depended on how African Americans used them in A Fool's Errand, 1879,”Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/587

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on race relations and white dominance over blacks in An Appeal to Caesar, 1884,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/580.

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on restricted voting for African Americans in A Fool's Errand, 1879,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/586.

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on slavery, not race, being the point of attack for northern sympathizers in An Appeal to Caesar, 1884,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/577

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on the religiously divine nature of slavery in A Fool's Errand, 1879,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/589.

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on the southern mindset of innate superiority in Bricks Without Straw, 1880,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/583.

Albion Tourgée, “Albion Tourgée on the subserviance of African Americans and their lack of influence in A Fool's Errand, 1879,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/588.

Secondary Sources: 

Mark Elliot, “Albion Tourgee's Background,” Civil War Era NC, accessed April 30, 2012, http://history.ncsu.edu/projects/civil.war.era.nc/admin/items/show/233.