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The generally accepted historical viewpoint that the abolitionists were ""meddlesome fanatics"" is challenged here by a group of contemporary historians. In this re-examination of thee abolitionists, the harsh, one-sided judgment that they were men blind to their own motives, to the needs of the country, and even to the welfare of the slaves, and that their self-righteous fury did much to bring on a ""needless war"" is not completely reversed, but a more sympathetic evaluation of their role does emerge. The motives tactics and effects of the abolitionist movement are reviewed, and its place in the broader context of the antislavery movement is reconsidered. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Author:   Martin B. Duberman
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   1901
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9780691649474

ISBN 10:   0691649472
Pages:   520
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Introduction, pg. vii*1. Slavery and Sin: The Cultural Background, pg. 3*2. Who Was an Abolitionist?, pg. 32*3. Who Defends the Abolitionist?, pg. 52*4. Orange Scott: The Methodist Evangelist as Revolutionary, pg. 71*5. The Persistence of Wendell Phillips, pg. 102*6. Abolition's Different Drummer: Frederick Douglass, pg. 123*7. The Emancipation of the Negro Abolitionist, pg. 137*8. A Brief for Equality: The Abolitionist Reply to the Racist Myth, 1860-1865, pg. 156*9. ""Iconoclasm Has Had Its Day"": Abolitionists and Freedmen in South Carolina, pg. 178*10. The Abolitionist Critique of the United States Constitution, pg. 209*11. Antislavery and Utopia, pg. 240*12. The Psychology of Commitment: The Constructive Role of Violence and Suffering for the Individual and for His Society, pg. 270*13. ""A Sacred Animosity"": Abolitionism in Canada, pg. 301*14. The British and American Abolitionists Compared, pg. 343*15. Ambiguities in the Antislavery Crusade of the Republican Party, pg. 362*16. The Northern Response to Slavery, pg. 395*17. Abolitionists, Freedom-Riders, and the Tactics of Agitation, pg. 417*Index, pg. 453"

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