The Abolitionist Imagination
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
| Author: | Andrew Delbanco, John Stauffer, Manisha Sinha, Darryl Pinckney, Wilfred M McClay | ISBN: | 9780674069305 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 23, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Andrew Delbanco, John Stauffer, Manisha Sinha, Darryl Pinckney, Wilfred M McClay |
| ISBN: | 9780674069305 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 23, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Abolitionists have been painted in extremes—vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring reformers who hastened the end of slavery. Delbanco sees them as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an adamant minority to rid the world of outrageous evil.
Abolitionists have been painted in extremes—vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring reformers who hastened the end of slavery. Delbanco sees them as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an adamant minority to rid the world of outrageous evil.
