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The Boston gentlemen's mob : Maria Chapman and the Abolition Riot of 1835 / by Josh S. Cutler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cutler, Josh S., author.
- Series:
- True Crime
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Antislavery movements.
- Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Abolitionists.
- Mobs--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Mobs.
- Riots--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Riots.
- Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885.
- Chapman, Maria Weston.
- Paul, Susan, active 1837.
- Paul, Susan.
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879.
- Garrison, William Lloyd.
- Lyman, Theodore, Jr., 1792-1849.
- Lyman, Theodore.
- Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884.
- Phillips, Wendell.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (166 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : The History Press Limited, 2021.
- Summary:
- Violent mobs, racial unrest, attacks on the press--it's the fall of 1835 and the streets of Boston are filled with bankers, merchants and other "gentlemen of property and standing" angered by an emergent antislavery movement. They break up a women's abolitionist meeting and seize newspaper publisher William Lloyd Garrison. While city leaders stand by silently, a small group of women had the courage to speak out. Author Josh Cutler tells the story of the Gentlemen's Mob through the eyes of four key participants: antislavery reformer Maria Chapman; pioneering schoolteacher Susan Paul; the city's establishment mayor, Theodore Lyman; and Wendell Phillips, a young attorney who wanders out of his office to watch the spectacle. The day's events forever changed the course of the abolitionist movement.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. 1835
- 1. Susan Paul
- 2. Mayor Lyman
- 3. Maria Chapman
- 4. Wendell Phillips
- 5. The Meeting
- 6. Last Bulwark
- 7. Sign of the Times
- 8. Great Escape
- 9. Truckman to the Rescue
- 10. All's Fair
- 11. The Gauntlet
- 12. Broadcloth Bystanders
- 13. Visitors
- 14. Jails and Rails
- 15. Black and White and Read All Over
- 16. Justice Gone South
- 17. Lessons and Reunions
- 18. Exit Thompson
- 19. Love and Marriage
- 20. Liberty's Bell
- Part II. 1855
- 21. Howling Wolves
- Epilogue
- A Note on Sources
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781439673973
- 1439673977
- OCLC:
- 1288217369
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