Beyond Garrison: Antislavery and Social Reform

by Bruce Laurie

Book Overview

Why was Massachusetts one of the few Northern states in which African-American males enjoyed the right to vote? Why did it pass personal liberty laws, which helped protect fugitive slaves from federal authorities in the two decades immediately preceding the Civil War? Why did the Bay State at the time integrate its public facilities and public schools as well? Beyond Garrison, first published in 2005, finds answers to these important questions in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521605172
• ISBN13: 9780521605175
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"