A House Divided
Subtitle: The Antebellum Slavery Debates in America, 1776-1865
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: January 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9780691002286
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries; Other prose: 19th century; Slavery & emancipation; Social history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Politics / Current Events; History: American; United States - Civil War; North America; USA; Slavery; General; American History; American Language and Literature; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); History; Antislavery movements; Justification; Political aspects; Sources; United States
First sentence: The introduction to this volume has shown how the abolitionist crusade of 1830-65 grew out of an earlier antislavery movement that was largely religious in origin and character, and lacked the aggressive, demanding resolve of William Lloyd Garrison, Lydia Maria Child, Frederick Douglass, and Wendell Phillips.