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The color of abolition

how a printer, a prophet, and a Contessa moved a nation
2022
Recounts the story of the fascinating, fraught relationship between Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Maria Weston Chapman, and how its breakup led to the success of America's most important social movement.

Sisters against slavery

a story about Sarah and Angelina Grimke?
A biography of two sisters from a wealthy southern family who devoted their lives to the causes of abolition and women's rights.

Collective biographies of slave resistance heroes

Readers learn how escaped slaves turned social activists, political activists, journalists, and militant advocates helped end slavery.
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Means and ends in American abolitionism

Garrison and his critics on strategy and tactics, 1834-1850
1989

The women's rights movement and abolitionism

2016
"The Women's Rights Movement is most well known for its support of women's suffrage and equal rights, but it was also instrumental in bringing about the abolition of slavery. Learn more in this book complete with timeline, primary sources, photographs, and excerpts from the time period"--Provided by the publisher.

Frederick Douglass and William Garrison

a partnership for abolition
2016
"Frederick Douglass and William Garrison formed a powerful bond of friendship as they fought for the abolition of slavery. Learn about their contributions to the abolitionist movement in this book complete with timeline, primary sources, photographs, and excerpts from the time period"--Provided by the publisher.

All on fire

William Lloyd Garrison and the abolition of slavery
1998
A biography of political agitator and abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, discussing his work as editor and publisher of "The Liberator," a weekly abolitionist newspaper in Boston, and revealing his impact on the issue of emancipation.

Sisters against slavery

a story about Sarah and Angelina Grimk?e
1999
A biography of two sisters from a wealthy southern family who devoted their lives to the causes of abolition and women's rights.

William Lloyd Garrison

a radical voice against slavery
2010
Presents a portrait of William Lloyd Garrison, a committed abolitionist by his 20s, founder of a newspaper, and after the Civil War, a writer, speaker, and debator in favor of rights for women and African Americans.

Angry abolitionist: William Lloyd Garrison

1969
A biography of the journalist who became famous in the 1830's for his denunciations of slavery and whose printed attacks on slave dealers caused his arrest.

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