Editorial Note

THIS COLLECTION ABIDES by simple editorial practices. We have taken care to leave the words of C. Vann Woodward as close to the original as possible. We have corrected minor spelling errors when it is clear what he intended to say and are likely the result of poor typing. Woodward’s punctuation is often idiosyncratic and we have left the errors in place. We have chosen not to correct matters of style such as his choice to capitalize Northern and Southern or use foreign spelling. Underlined words have been converted to italics. We have left off the accent mark of the surname Grimké given that Woodward’s editor at Louisiana State University Press chided him for this lapse and he was aware of it. Woodward relied heavily on quoted material. Occasionally he made noticeable spelling and punctuation errors, as well as errors in transcription, in his use of quotations from primary and secondary sources. We have corrected these mistakes when we were able to ascertain their accuracy. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of every quotation, however....