The Reconstruction Diary of Frances Anne Rollin (2025)

Jennifer Putzi's annotated edition of Frances Anne Rollin's 1868 diary preserves and contextualizes a significant piece of post-Civil War Black writing. The volume explores the importance of life-writing for Black Americans, particularly Black women, and includes a comprehensive historiography of Black life writing and Reconstruction. Putzi's lengthy introduction provides original research that enriches the understanding of Rollin's family and the free Black community in Charleston.