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The making of an abolitionist : William Lloyd Garrison's path to publishing The liberator / Denis Brennan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brennan, Denis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879.
- Garrison, William Lloyd.
- Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
- Abolitionists.
- United States.
- Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831).
- Printers--United States--Biography.
- Printers.
- Journalists--United States--Biography.
- Journalists.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 213 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Summary:
- "This book traces William Lloyd Garrison's path through a printing career to the decision to publish The Liberator. He was a mechanic and an editor, later a reformer, but always a printer. His expertise with the printing press and the practice of journalism became for him the natural means for ending slavery"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Standing at case
- The "mere boy"
- Political machinations
- Religious apathy
- A change of heart
- On trial in Baltimore
- "And I will be heard"
- "The press is able to cope".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786474257
- 0786474254
- OCLC:
- 862101957
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