The Black Abolitionist Papers: Vol. IV
Subtitle: The United States, 1847-1858 (Black Abolitionist Papers)
Contributors: Michael F. Hembree (Editor)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 14, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780807819746
Subjects: Black studies; Population & demography; Social history; History: American; Antislavery movements; Blacks In The U.S.; United States; History; History - U.S.; USA; United States - General; History / United States / 19th Century; documentary; black; abolitionists; antislavery; British Isles; Canada; Civil War; African colonization; emancipation; Fugitive Slave Law; underground railroad; Sources; 19th century; Abolitionists; African American abolitionists
First sentence: The effectiveness of the antislavery movement depended upon sustained labor at the local level, where funds were raised to print newspapers and pamphlets, arrangements were made for visiting lecturers, and new antislavery societies were organized.