Abolitionism : a very short introduction /

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Author / Creator:Newman, Richard S., author.
Imprint:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 154 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Very short introductions ; 578
Very short introductions ; 586.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13540905
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ISBN:9780190213237
019021323X
9780190213244
0190213248
9780190914035
0190914033
9780190213220
0190213221
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:"From early slave rebels to radical reformers of the Civil War era and beyond, the struggle to end slavery was a diverse, dynamic, and ramifying social movement. In this succinct narrative, Richard S. Newman examines the key people, themes, and ideas that animated abolitionism in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries in the United States and internationally. Filled with portraits of key abolitionists - including Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Anthony Benezet, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Elizabeth Heyrick, Richard Allen, and Angelina Grimké - the book highlights abolitionists' focus on social and political action. From the Underground Railroad and legal aid for oppressed people to legislative lobbying and military service, abolitionists employed every conceivable means to attack slavery and racial injustice. Their collective struggles helped bring down slavery - the most powerful economic and political institution of the age - across the Atlantic world and inspired generations of reformers. Sharply written and highly readable, Abolitionism: A Very Short Introduction offers an inspiring portrait of the men and women who dedicated their lives to fighting racial oppression."-- Publisher information.
Other form:Print version: Newman, Richard S. Very short introductions. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018 9780190213220