Advocates of Freedom: African American Transatlantic Abolitionism in the British Isles

by Hannah-Rose Murray

During the nineteenth century and especially after the Civil War, scores of black abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, Moses Roper and Ellen Craft travelled to England, Ireland, Scotland, and parts of rural Wales to educate the public on slavery. By sharing their oratorical, visual, and literary testimony to transatlantic audiences, African American activists galvanised the antislavery movement, which had severe consequences for former slaveholders,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108487513
• ISBN13: 9781108487511
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"