Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery
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ISBN: 080901596X / Publisher: Hill and Wang, January 1997
Revised to include important new scholarship, James Brewer Stewart's eloquent survey of the abolitio...
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Revised to include important new scholarship, James Brewer Stewart's eloquent survey of the abolitionist movement is also a superb analysis of how the antislavery movement reinforced and transformed the dominant features of pre-Civil War America. Revealing the wisdom and na veté of the crusaders' convictions and examining the social bases for their actions, Stewart demonstrates why, despite the ambiguity of its ultimate victory, abolition has left a profound imprint on our national memory.
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