The Abolitionist Sisterhood - Women's Political Culture in Antebellum America

Jean Fagan Yellin is Distinguished Professor of English at Pace University. Her previous books include Women and Sisters: The Antislavery Feminists in American Culture. John C. Van Horne is Librarian of The Library Company of Philadelphia. He is the editor of The Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

Summary

A small group of black and white American women who banded together in the 1830s and 1840s to remedy the evils of slavery and racism, the "antislavery females" included many who ultimately struggled for equal rights for women as well. Organizing fundraising fairs, writing pamphlets and giftbooks, circulating petitions, even speaking before...

Product details

• Assisted by: John C. Van Horne (Editor), John C. van van Horne (Editor), John C. Van Horne (Editor), Jean Fagan Yellin (Editor)
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.06.1994
• EAN: 9780801480119
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-8011-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 158 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 592 g
• Illustrations: 27 Halftones, black and white
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous