Resumen de The Library of Robert Morris, Antebellum Civil Rights Lawyer and Activist

Laurel Davis, Mary Sarah Bilder

• The Robert Morris library, the only known extant, antebellum African American–owned library, reveals its owner’s intellectual commitment to full citizenship and equality for people of color. Although studies of lawyers’ libraries have focused on large collections, this article provides a model for interpreting small libraries, particularly where few personal papers remain extant.