The Antislavery Vanguard: New Essays on the Abolitionists - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691005524 ISBN 13: 9780691005522

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1968

Synopsis

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.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1968
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691005524
• ISBN 13: 9780691005522
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 520
• Editor: Martin Duberman