Stanley Harrold

American Abolitionists (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The effort to abolish slavery produced the Atlantic world's great reform movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This provocative account provides a brief general history of the movement, told through numerous excerpts from abolitionist writings, a chapter on abolitionists and the origins of the women's rights movement,
and an extensive glossary of terms and a 'Who's Who' guide to key figures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317879701
• Artikelnr.: 41785427

Autorenporträt

Stanley Harrold is Professor of History at South Carolina State University and author of The Abolitionists and the South.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 The Abolitionists in American History
Part 2 Analysis
Chapter 2 Early Abolitionism
Chapter 3 The Rise of Immediatism
Chapter 4 Abolitionists and Gender
Chapter 5 Abolitionists and Race
Chapter 6 A More Aggressive Abolitionism
Chapter 7 Violent Abolitionism
Chapter 8 Abolitionists and Black Freedom
Part 3 Assessment
Chapter 9 Abolitionists and the Reform Tradition
Part 4 Documents
Chapter 10 Document 1 John Woolman Warns Slaveholders, 1762
Chapter 11 Document 2 Boston Slaves Petition Foe Feeedom, 1773
Chapter 12 Document 3 A Black Abolitionist Calls on Congress to Take Action Against Slavery, 1797
Chapter 13 Document 4 David Walker Calls on African Americans to Seek Freedom, 1829
Chapter 14 Document 5 William Lloyd Gaeeisom Begins the Liberator, 1831
Chapter 15 Document 6 Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833
Chapter 16 Document 7 Lydia Maria Child on the Impact of Abolitionism on the South, 1833
Chapter 17 Document 8 Angelina Grimke Appeals to White Women of the South on Behalf of Emancipation, 1836
Chapter 18 Document 9 Elijah P. Lovejoy Advocates Defensive Violence, 1837
Chapter 19 Document 10 Gerrit Smith Calls on Slaves to Escape and on Abolitionists to Help Them, 1842
Chapter 20 Document 11 Henry Highland Garnet Calls on Slaves to Challenge Their Masters, 1843
Chapter 21 Document 12 Cassius M. Clay on the Sinfulness of Slavery, 1845
Chapter 22 Document 13 Gamaliel Bailey Introduces His National Era to a Southern White Audience, 1847
Chapter 23 Document 14 Frederick Douglass Comments on the First Women's Rights Convention, 1848
Chapter 24 Document 15 Sojourner Truth on Women's Rights, 1851
Chapter 25 Document 16 Franklim B. Sanborn Presents John Brown's Violent Commitment to Equal Rights, 1857-59
Chapter 26 Document 17 Wendell Phillips Reflects on the Election of Abraham Lincoln, 1860
Chapter 27 Document 18 Frederick Douglass Urges Black Men to Enlist in a Union War for Emancipation, 1863