The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform

by W. Caleb McDaniel

Book Overview

Winner of the Merle Curti Award Winner of the Shear James Broussard First Book Prize In The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery, W. Caleb McDaniel sets forth a new interpretation of the Garrisonian abolitionists, stressing their deep ties to reformers and liberal thinkers in Great Britain and Europe. The group of American reformers known as "Garrisonians" included, at various times, some of the most significant and familiar figures in the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807162302
• ISBN13: 9780807162309
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"