An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans - Softcover

Child, Lydia Maria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558490078 ISBN 13: 9781558490079

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, 2012

Synopsis

Published in Boston in 1833, Lydia Maria Child's Appeal provided the abolitionist movement with its first full-scale analysis of race and slavery. Indeed, so comprehensive was its scope, surveying the institution from historical, political, economic, legal, racial, and moral perspectives, that no other antislavery writer ever attempted to duplicate Child's achievement. The Appeal not only denounced slavery in the South but condemned racial prejudice in the free North and refuted racist ideology as a whole.

Child's treatise anticipated twentieth-century inquiries into the African origins of European and American culture as well as current arguments against school and job discrimination based on race.

This new edition―the first oriented toward the classroom―is enhanced by Carolyn L. Karcher's illuminating introduction. Included is a chronology of Child's life and a list of books for further reading.

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About the Author

Professor of English, American studies, and women's studies at Temple University, Carolyn L. Karcher is author of The First Woman in the Republic: A Cultural Biography of Lydia Maria Child and editor of Hobomok and Other Writings on Indians by Lydia Maria Child.

Reviews

Published in 1833 and 1808, respectively, these volumes were among the earliest examples of abolitionist literature. Child presents a full-scale analysis of slavery in historical, political, economic, legal, and racial terms. Gregoire argues against the assumption of black inferiority and for universal liberty.
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Edition details

• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558490078
• ISBN 13: 9781558490079
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272