Fighting for the Higher Law - Black and White Transcendentalists Against Slavery

In Fighting for the Higher Law, Peter Wirzbicki explores how important black abolitionists joined famous Transcendentalists to create a political philosophy that fired the radical struggle against American slavery.

About the author

Peter Wirzbicki is Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University.

Summary

In Fighting for the Higher Law, Peter Wirzbicki explores how important black abolitionists joined famous Transcendentalists to create a political philosophy that fired the radical struggle against American slavery.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Wirzbicki
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780812252910
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5291-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: America in the Nineteenth Century; America in the Nineteenth Cent
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous