The problem of democracy in the age of slavery: Garrisonian abolitionists and transatlantic reform
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Main Author: McDaniel, William Caleb 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press c2013
Series:Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic world
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
In The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery, W. Caleb McDaniel sets forth a new interpretation of the Garrisonian abolitionists, stressing their deep ties to reformers and liberal thinkers in Great Britain and Europe. The group of American reformers known as "Garrisonians" included, at various times, some of the most significant and familiar figures in the history of the antebellum struggle over slavery: Wendell Phillips, Frederick Douglass, and William Lloyd Garrison himself. Between 1830 and 1870, American abolitionists led by Garrison developed extensive networks of friendship, corres
COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: ORIGINS; 1. The Education of William Lloyd Garrison, 1818-1833; 2. The Troublous Ocean of Transatlantic Abolitionism, 1833-1840; 3. Conflict and Continuity in Transatlantic Abolitionism, 1840-1854; PART II: IDEAS; 4. The Problem of Public Opinion; 5. The Problem of Nationalism; 6. The Problem of Aristocracy; 7. The Problem of Influence; PART III: EVENTS; 8. Transatlantic Revolutions and Reversals, 1848-1854; 9. The Civil War and the Rupturing of Transatlantic Abolitionism, 1854-1863
10. Reconstruction and the Rupturing of Garrisonian Abolitionism, 1863-1865EPILOGUE; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (361 p.)
ISBN:0807150193
0807150207
0807150215
9780807150191
9780807150207
9780807150214

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