Abolitionism : a revolutionary movement / Herbert Aptheker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Twayne's social movements past and present | Social movements past and presentPublication details: Boston, MA. : Twayne Publishers, c1989.Description: xviii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0805797025
  • 0805797300 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 326/.0973 19
LOC classification:
  • E 449 .A156 1989
Contents:
Chapter one Early seeding of abolitionism -- Chapter two Jefferson's "Fire bell in the night" -- Chapter three Revolutionary consciousness: supporters and opponents -- Chapter four Social class, labor, and abolitionism -- Chapter five Organization of the abolitionist movement -- Chapter six Abolitionism, racism, and the Afro-American people -- Chapter seven Women and abolitionism -- Chapter eight Political prisoners and martyrs -- Chapter nine John Brown and revolution -- Chapter ten The Civil War as revolution: abolitionism's culmination
Summary: "Supporting his bold thesis that the struggle to abolish slavery was a genuine revolution, not merely a reform movement, Herbert Aptheker shows how the confiscation of billions of dollars worth of private property in the form of slaves undermined the nation's foundational political, economic, social, and moral order. Aptheker treats in full the essential role that blacks played in their own liberation and reexamines the leaders, the motivation, and the successes and failures of the Abolitionist movement. His account of this revolution in American power relationships is one that every serious student of American history will value." -- from the back coverSummary: Herbert Aptheker was on the faculties of Bryn Mawr College, City University of New York, Yale University, University of California at Berkeley, Santa Clara University, Humboldt University (Berlin, GDR), and the Law School, University of California at Berkeley. His articles and reviews appeared in scholarly journals starting in 1937. His first publication was "The Negro in the Civil War (1938), followed by "The Negro in the Abolitionist Movement" (1941). His "American Negro Slave Revolts" was first issued in 1943. Among other publications are "A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States" in three volumes (1951 - 74), the thirty-eight volumes of "The Collected Works of W.E.B. DuBois (1973-86), three volumes of "Du Bois's Correspondence" (1973-78), and certain volumes bu Du Bois not published during his lifetime, including "Education of Black People" (1975) and "Against Racism: Essays and Papers, 1887-1961" (1985).
List(s) this item appears in: Sharon cataloged
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks E 449 .A156 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML21050045

Includes bibliography (pages 183-185) and index.

Chapter one Early seeding of abolitionism -- Chapter two Jefferson's "Fire bell in the night" -- Chapter three Revolutionary consciousness: supporters and opponents -- Chapter four Social class, labor, and abolitionism -- Chapter five Organization of the abolitionist movement -- Chapter six Abolitionism, racism, and the Afro-American people -- Chapter seven Women and abolitionism -- Chapter eight Political prisoners and martyrs -- Chapter nine John Brown and revolution -- Chapter ten The Civil War as revolution: abolitionism's culmination

"Supporting his bold thesis that the struggle to abolish slavery was a genuine revolution, not merely a reform movement, Herbert Aptheker shows how the confiscation of billions of dollars worth of private property in the form of slaves undermined the nation's foundational political, economic, social, and moral order. Aptheker treats in full the essential role that blacks played in their own liberation and reexamines the leaders, the motivation, and the successes and failures of the Abolitionist movement. His account of this revolution in American power relationships is one that every serious student of American history will value." -- from the back cover

Herbert Aptheker was on the faculties of Bryn Mawr College, City University of New York, Yale University, University of California at Berkeley, Santa Clara University, Humboldt University (Berlin, GDR), and the Law School, University of California at Berkeley. His articles and reviews appeared in scholarly journals starting in 1937. His first publication was "The Negro in the Civil War (1938), followed by "The Negro in the Abolitionist Movement" (1941). His "American Negro Slave Revolts" was first issued in 1943. Among other publications are "A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States" in three volumes (1951 - 74), the thirty-eight volumes of "The Collected Works of W.E.B. DuBois (1973-86), three volumes of "Du Bois's Correspondence" (1973-78), and certain volumes bu Du Bois not published during his lifetime, including "Education of Black People" (1975) and "Against Racism: Essays and Papers, 1887-1961" (1985).

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha