Black Hearts of Men - Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race

Informationen zum Autor John Stauffer is Professor of English, of American Studies, and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University. He is the author of Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln . Klappentext nation toward war even as it strove to vanquish slavery and preserve the peace. Zusammenfassung Drawing on the largest extant bi-racial correspondence in the Civil War era! this book braids together Gerrit Smith! Frederick Douglass! James McCune Smith! and John Brown's struggles to reconcile ideals of justice with the reality of slavery and oppression.

Product details

• Authors: John Stauffer, Stauffer John
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2004
• EAN: 9780674013674
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01367-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Ethnic Studies, Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States of America, USA, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism