Theodore Dwight Weld and the American Anti-Slavery Society
By: Owen W. Muelder
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780786463961
Subjects: American Anti-Slavery Society; Abolitionists; Social reformers; Antislavery movements; Biography; History
Description: "This volume chronicles the founding, development, and mission of the American Anti-Slavery Society, the contributions of Theodore Dwight Weld, and the crusading efforts of the agents he assembled. With the most complete list to date of the identities of the Seventy, this work constitutes a valuable contribution to the history of the abolitionist movement"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Abolitionist Movement in the 1830s and the Establishment of the American Anti-Slavery Society; title: Laying Emancipation's Groundwork; title: Members of the Seventy; title: The Seventy in Their Own Words; title: Acting on What They Preached; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix A: Antislavery Songs and Poems; title: Appendix B: Correspondence; title: Appendix C: Reminiscences; title: Appendix D: Tributes; title: Appendix E: Declaration of Sentiments and the Constitution of the Society; title: Appendix F: Officers of the Society, 1833-1840.