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Richard Newman's Abolitionism: A Very Short Introduction is a concise and well-written text that pulls apart the complexity of the abolitionist movement and renders it understandable and engaging to all readers. -- Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Rutgers University

Newman's book offers a rigorous and engaging account of the movement that is digestible in a single sitting. As valuable as it is as an introductory text for readers new to the topic, its varied insights and anecdotes will also enlighten scholars more deeply invested in this history. -- Margot Minardi, The American Historical Review Richard Newman's Abolitionism: A Very Short Introduction is a concise and well-written text that pulls apart the complexity of the abolitionist movement and renders it understandable and engaging to all readers. -- Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Rutgers University

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Richard S. Newman is Professor of History at the Rochester Institute of Technology His books include The Transformation of American Abolitionism and Freedom's Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the Black Founding Fathers, and the AME Church. He is the former director of the Library Company of Philadelphia.

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