Abolitionists of the Northeast by Gail Braccidiferro MacDonald - 9781493091942

Name: Abolitionists of the Northeast by Gail Braccidiferro MacDonald - 9781493091942
Brand: Globe Pequot Press

Globe Pequot Press

Abolitionists of the NortheastBlack Leaders in the Antislavery Movement\nAuthor(s): Gail Braccidiferro MacDonald\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Globe Pequot Press, United States\nImprint: Globe Pequot Press\nISBN-13: 9781493091942, 978-1493091942\nSynopsis\nAbolitionists of the Northeastprofiles the little-known yet historically prolific Black figures who actively participated in the abolitionist movement in America. The movement, which began in the 1820s in Northeastern America, was about ending slavery in the United States.\nHistory books have long emphasized the lives and work of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Thomas Garrett, but its no secret that the most influential Black advocates are missing from the pages of our textbooks. This book offers intimate profiles of 29 Black abolitionists in the Northeast along with historical black and white photographs that give readers a full picture of who these people were, the work they did to combat the nations greatest sin, and ho.