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26%OFFManisha Sinha - The Slave´s Cause: A History of Abolition - 9780300227116 - V9780300227116
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The Slave´s Cause: A History of Abolition

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Description for The Slave´s Cause: A History of Abolition Paperback. A groundbreaking history of abolition in the long march toward emancipation from the American Revolution through the Civil War Num Pages: 784 pages, 66 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Winner of the 2017 Frederick Douglass Prize A groundbreaking history of abolition that recovers the largely forgotten role of African Americans in the long march toward emancipation from the American Revolution through the Civil War Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical social movement in which men and women, black and white, free and enslaved found common ground in causes ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
1088g
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300227116
SKU
V9780300227116
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About Manisha Sinha
Manisha Sinha is Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut, and is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, among several others.

Reviews for The Slave´s Cause: A History of Abolition
It is difficult to imagine a more comprehensive history of the abolitionist movement. . . . [Sinha] has given us a full history of the men and women who truly made us free. -Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review Lucidly written, compellingly argued and based on exhaustive scholarship, The Slave's Cause captures the myriad aspects of this ... Read more

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