The rise of aggressive abolitionism : addresses to the slaves / Stanley Harrold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrold, Stanley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

Violence.

History.

Slave rebellions.

Abolitionists.

United States.

Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century.

Slave rebellions--Southern States--History--19th century.

Violence--Southern States--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century--Sources.

Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Sources.

Slave rebellions--Southern States--History--19th century--Sources.

Violence--Southern States--History--19th century--Sources.

Speeches, addresses, etc., American.

Southern States.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages : portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2004]

Summary:

The American conflict over slavery was divisive, costly, and momentous. It made race an unavoidable issue, set North and South against each other, and precipitated the Civil War. The conflict reached a turning point in the early 1840s when three leading abolitionists presented provocative speeches that, for the first time, addressed the slaves directly rather than aiming rebukes at white owners. By forthrightly embracing the slaves as allies and exhorting them to take action, these three addresses pointed toward a more inclusive and aggressive antislavery effort. These addresses were particularly frightening to white slaveholders who were significantly in the minority of the population in some parts of low country Georgia and South Carolina. Stanley Harrold includes the full text of each address, as well as related documents, and presents a detailed study of their historical context, the reactions they provoked, and their lasting impact on U.S. history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-238) and index.

ISBN:

0813122902

OCLC:

52090649