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Abolition's public sphere /

Robert Fanuzzi illustrates how the dissemination of abolitionist tracts served to create an "imaginary public" that promoted and provoked the discussion of slavery. He critically examines the writings of William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Henry David Thoreau, and Sarah and Angelin...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fanuzzi, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Robert Fanuzzi illustrates how the dissemination of abolitionist tracts served to create an "imaginary public" that promoted and provoked the discussion of slavery. He critically examines the writings of William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Henry David Thoreau, and Sarah and Angelina Grimke, and their massive abolition publicity campaign geared to an audience of white male citizens, free black noncitizens, women, and the enslaved.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xl, 331 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-317) and index.
ISBN:9780816694471
0816694478
9780816640898
0816640890
9780816640904
0816640904