ABSTRACT
Antislavery Political Writings, first published in 2004, presents the best speeches and writings of the leading American antislavery thinkers, activists and politicians in the years between 1830 and 1860. These chapters demonstrate the range of theoretical and political choices open to antislavery advocates during the antebellum period.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|38 pages
Slavery and Freedom
part II|22 pages
Immediate Emancipation
part III|44 pages
Moral Suasion and Politics
chapter 6|12 pages
“An Address to the Abolitionists of Massachusetts, on the Subject of Political Action” (1838)
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
part IV|26 pages
The Liberty Party
part V|26 pages
Slavery and the Constitution
part VI|28 pages
Free-Soil and Fugitive Slaves
part VII|36 pages
Impending Crisis
part VIII|44 pages
Disunion and Revolution