Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform

Name: Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform
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ISBN: 9780807150184

ISBN-10: 0807150185

ISBN-13: 9780807150184

Edition: 2013

Authors: W. Caleb McDaniel

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Winner of the Merle Curti Award Winner of the SHEAR James Broussard First Book Prize 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, correspondence, and…

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List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: LSU Press
Publication date: 5/6/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 9.00" wide x 6.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Origins



The Education of William Lloyd Garrison, 1818-1833



The Troublous Ocean of Transatlantic Abolitionism, 1833-1840



Conflict and Continuity in Transatlantic Abolitionism, 1840-1854



Ideas



The Problem of Public Opinion



The Problem of Nationalism



The Problem of Aristocracy



The Problem of Influence



Events



Transatlantic Revolutions and Reversals, 1848-1854



The Civil War and the Rupturing of Transatlantic Abolitionism, 1854-1863



Reconstruction and the Rupturing of Garrisonian Abolitionism, 1863-1865


Epilogue


Notes


Index