The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation

by Linda Hirshman and Linda R. Hirshman

Book Overview

The story of the fascinating, fraught alliance among Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Maria Weston Chapman--and how its breakup led to the success of America's most important social movement. "Fresh, provocative and engrossing." --New York Times In the crucial early years of the Abolition movement, the Boston branch of the cause seized upon the star power of the eloquent ex-slave Frederick Douglass to make its case for slaves' freedom...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 132890024X
• ISBN13: 9781328900241
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 9.2"