Two epochal developments profoundly influenced the history of the Atlantic world between 1770 and 1870-the rise of women's rights activism and the drive to eliminate chattel slavery. The contributors to this volume, eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines, investigate the intertwining histories of abolitionism and feminism on both sides of the Atlantic during this dynamic century of change. They illuminate the many ways that the two movements developed together and influenced one another. Approaching a wide range of transnational topics, the authors ask how conceptions of slavery and gendered society differed in the United States, France, Germany, and Britain; how women's activism reached across national boundaries; how racial identities affected the boundaries of women's activism; and what was distinctive about African-American women's participation as activists. Their thought-provoking answers provide rich insights into the history of struggles for social justice across the Atlantic world.

Women's Rights and Transatlantic Antislavery in the Era of Emancipation (The David Brion Davis Series)

History

Stewart, James Brewer

Africa

Yale University Press

Reacting to the Past is an award-winning series of immersive role-playing games that actively engage students in their own learning. Students assume the roles of historical characters to practice critical thinking, primary source analysis, and both written and spoken argument. Reacting games are flexible enough to be used across the curriculum, from first-year general education classes and discussion sections of lecture classes to capstone experiences and honors programs.
Frederick Douglass asks students to confront an explosive question: How, in a nation founded on ideas of equal rights and freedom, could the institution of slavery become so entrenched and long-lasting? How was slavery justified, and how was it criticized? At a literary forum, students consider the newly-published Narrative of Frederick Douglass and hold a hearing on John C. Calhoun’s view of slavery as a “positive good.” Finally, players address the US Constitution, its original protections of the slaveholders’ power, and the central question: Are Americans more beholden to the Constitution, or to some “higher law”?

Frederick Douglass, Slavery, and the Constitution, 1845 (Reacting to the Past)

Higbee, Mark

Americas

W.W.Norton&Company

An account of how Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken and their accomplices created a series of financial frauds on a vast scale, and of the chase that finally brought them to justice. The author is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who also wrote "The Partners" and "The Prosecutors".

Den of Thieves

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

Random House Value Publishing

Throughout the Civil War era, no other white American spoke more powerfully against slavery and for the ideals of racial democracy than did Wendell Phillips. Nationally famous as "abolition's golden trumpet," Phillips became the North's most widely hailed public lecturer, even though he espoused ideas most regarded as deeply threatening -- the abolition of slavery, equality among races and classes, and women's rights. James Brewer Stewart's study resolves this seeming paradox by showing how Phillips came to possess such extraordinary rhetorical gifts, how he used them to shape the politics of his times, and how he rooted them in his upbringing, marriage, and personal relationships.

Wendell Phillips: Liberty's Hero

Historical

Louisiana State Univ Pr

Community & Culture

LSU Press

Revised to include important new scholarship, James Brewer Stewart's eloquent survey of the abolitionist movement is also a superb analysis of how the antislavery movement reinforced and transformed the dominant features of pre-Civil War America. Revealing the wisdom and na veté of the crusaders' convictions and examining the social bases for their actions, Stewart demonstrates why, despite the ambiguity of its ultimate victory, abolition has left a profound imprint on our national memory.

Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery (American Century Series)

Hill and Wang

Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery

Holy warriors: The abolitionists and American slavery (American century series)

Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery (Using Research to Improve Nursing Practice)

Hill Wang

Joshua R. Giddings and the tactics of radical politics

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Press of Case Western Reserve University

Peter Smith Pub Inc

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