The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery – Garrisonian Abolitionists and …

The Problem of Democracy in the Age of SlaveryGarrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform\nAuthor(s): W. Caleb McDaniel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Louisiana State University Press, United States\nImprint: Louisiana State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780807150184, 978-0807150184\nSynopsis\nWinner of the Merle Curti Award \n\nWinner of the SHEAR James Broussard First Book Prize\n\nIn The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery, W. Caleb McDaniel sets forth a new interpretation of the Garrisonian abolitionists, stressing their deep ties to reformers and liberal thinkers in Great Britain and Europe. The group of American reformers known as \""\""Garrisonians\""\"" included, at various times, some of the most significant and familiar figures in the history of the antebellum struggle over slavery: Wendell Phillips, Frederick Douglass, and William Lloyd Garrison himself. Between 1830 and 1870, American abolitionists led by Garrison developed extensive networks of friendship, corresp.