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Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence

by Kellie Carter Jackson

From its origins in the 1750s, the white-led American abolitionist movement adhered to principles of “moral suasion” and nonviolent resistance as both religious tenet and political strategy. But by the 1850s, the population of enslaved Americans had increased exponentially, and such legislative efforts as the Fugitive Slave Act and the Supreme Court’s 1857 r

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Publication date

Mar 22, 2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

224

ISBN

9780812251159