Author:
Sinha, Manisha, author.
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Descriptionxiv, 768 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note:Part I. The first wave. Prophets without honor ; Revolutionary antislavery in Black and White ; The long northern emancipation ; The Anglo-American abolition movement ; Black abolitionists in the slaveholding republic ; The neglected period of antislavery -- Part II. The second wave. Interracial immediatism ; Abolition emergent ; The woman question ; The Black man's burden ; The abolitionist international ; Slave resistance ; Fugitive slave abolitionism ; The politics of abolition ; Revolutionary abolitionism ; Abolition war -- Epilogue: The abolitionist origins of American democracy.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-731) and index.
Note:Presents a history of the abolitionist movement, arguing that the history begins with those who resisted slavery at the beginning, discussing the resistance of African slaves, and highlighting notable African American abolitionists.
