Abolitionist Twilights : History, Meaning, and the Fate of Racial Egalitarianism, 1865-1909 / Raymond James Krohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krohn, Raymond James, author.

Series:

Reconstructing America (Series)

Reconstructing America Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Abolitionists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Provides unique insight into Reconstruction’s downfall and Jim Crow’s emergence.In the years and decades following the American Civil War, veteran abolitionists actively thought and wrote about the campaign to end enslavement immediately. This study explores the late-in-life reflections of several antislavery memorial and historical writers, evaluating the stable and shifting meanings of antebellum abolitionism amidst dramatic changes in postbellum race relations. By investigating veteran abolitionists as movement chroniclers and commemorators and situating their texts within various contexts, Raymond James Krohn further assesses the humanitarian commitments of activists who had valued themselves as the enslaved people’s steadfast friends.Never solely against slavery, post-1830 abolitionism challenged widely held anti-Black preju­dices as well. Dedicated to emancipating the enslaved and elevating people of color, it equipped adherents with the necessary linguistic resources to wage a valiant, sustained philanthropic fight. Abolitionist Twilights focuses on how the status and condition of the freedpeople and their descen­dants affected book-length representations of antislavery persons and events. In probing veteran– abolitionist engagement in or disengagement from an ongoing African American freedom struggle, this ambitious volume ultimately problematizes scholarly understandings of abolitionism’s racial justice history and legacy.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction: What Is Abolitionism Now? From the Disposition of the AASS to the Determinants of Abolitionist History

1. Antislavery Moderated: Samuel Joseph May and the Lessons of Respectable Reform

2. Antislavery Elevated: William Wells Brown and the Purpose of Black Activism

3. Antislavery Vindicated: Oliver Johnson and the Value of Abolitionism's Grand Old Party

4. Antislavery Sanctified: Parker Pillsbury and the Spirit of Abolitionism in the Fields

5. A Tale of Two Slaveries: Aaron Macy Powell and the Transfiguration of Abolitionism

6. Songs of Innocence and Experience: Thomas Wentworth Higginson and the Abdication of Abolitionism

7. What Was Antislavery For? From the Disbandment of the AASS to the Determination of Abolitionist Women

Coda: Complicated Legacies

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Krohn, Raymond James Abolitionist Twilights

ISBN:

9781531505622

1531505627

OCLC:

1394118284