The Boston Gentlemen's Mob: Maria Chapman and the Abolition Riot of 1835

by Josh Cutler

Violent mobs, racial unrest, attacks on the press--it's the fall of 1835 and the streets of Boston are filled with bankers, merchants and other gentlemen of property and standing angered by an emergent antislavery movement. They break up a women's abolitionist meeting and seize newspaper publisher William Lloyd Garrison. While city leaders stand by silently, a small group of women had the courage to speak out. Author Josh Cutler tells the story of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467150916
• ISBN13: 9781467150910
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 9.8"