American Slavery As It Is by Theodore Dwight Weld - 9781108084048
American Slavery As It IsTestimony of a Thousand Witnesses\nAuthor(s): Theodore Dwight Weld\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108084048, 978-1108084048\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1839, this work was edited by the evangelist and noted abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld [tel]. It is an extensive collection of first-hand testimony and narratives by slaveholders describing the facts and highlighting the cruelty of the slave trade. One of the most influential books of the anti-slavery movement, it aimed to document the current condition of slaves in the United States, covering all aspects of their lives, in order to further the abolition movement. Weld presents accounts of slaves' food, clothing, living conditions, working hours, and their punishments and suffering. This is interspersed with personal narratives from contributors which corroborate each other, presented in a detached, unsensational .
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