Elena K. Abbott

Broschiertes Buch

Beacons of Liberty

Beschreibung

Examines the American anti-slavery movement through stories of harrowing escape, political grandstanding, and mass migration. Shows how debates over citizenship, equality, and national character in the nineteenth century unfolded on an international stage against the backdrop of free-soil havens in places like Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Autor

Elena K. Abbott is a Seattle-based author, editor, and historian whose scholarship focuses on slavery and antislavery in the Atlantic world. She received her PhD from Georgetown University, where she was awarded the Harold N. Glassman Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Humanities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9781108798457
• ISBN-10: 1108798454
• Artikelnr.: 60746681