Title: The magnificent activist
Subtitle: the writings of Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911)
Description: "Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a minister, was also a groundbreaking activist at the forefront of the social movements reshaping nineteenth-century society. At the same time he was a leading literary presence whose writings ranged from passionate polemics to sensitive studies of the natural world - and spoke to readers both in his time and in ours."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: African American Participation, Civil rights, History and criticism, American literature, Political and social views, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Women's rights, Social conditions, African Americans, Antislavery movements, History, New York Times reviewed, Collected works (single author, multi-form)
Places: United States
People: Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911)
Time periods: 1865-1918, 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865