Of one blood
Subtitle: abolitionism and the origins of racial equality
By: Paul Goodman.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Race relations
Description: In his final book, historian Paul Goodman, who died in 1995, presents a new and important interpretation of abolitionism. Goodman pays particular attention to the role that blacks played in the movement. Goodman demonstrates that the abolitionist movement had a far broader social basis that was previously thought.

Drawing on census and town records, his portraits of abolitionists reveal the many contributions of ordinary citizens, especially laborers and women, long over shadowed by famous movement leaders.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-295) and index.