Wendell Phillips, Social Justice, and the Power of the Past

by Dean Grodzins and W. Caleb McDaniel

Born into an elite Boston family and a graduate of both Harvard College and Harvard Law School, white Massachusetts aristocrat Wendell Phillips?s path seemed clear. Yet he rejected his family?s and society?s expectations and gave away most of his great wealth by the time of his death in 1884. Instead he embraced the most incendiary causes of his era and became a radical advocate for abolitionism and reform. Only William Lloyd Garrison rivaled Phillips?s...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807164038
• ISBN13: 9780807164037
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.4"