Henry Highland Garnet
Subtitle: a voice of Black radicalism in the nineteenth century
By: Joel Schor.
Series: Contributions in American history ;; no. 54
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882.; Antislavery movements -- United States.; Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States.; Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.
Description: Henry Highland Garnet launched the African Civilization Society in the fall of 1858 to promote black settlement in West Africa. Garnet (1815-1882) was a black Presbyterian minister and leader. Schor discusses Garnet's role in the vanguard of black abolitionists, explores his frequent disagreements with Frederick Douglass, and shows that though Garnet's views were ahead of his contemporaries, ' they were eventually adopted by them.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [221]-229.
Includes index.