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William Lloyd Garrison and American abolitionism in literature and memory  Cover Image E-book E-book

William Lloyd Garrison and American abolitionism in literature and memory

Summary: "This study reveals the dramatic social and political forces of the postwar period which transformed our perceptions of Garrison, the abolitionist movement and the first histories of the Civil War"--

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  • ISBN: 0786498285
  • ISBN: 9780786498284
  • ISBN: 1476624526
  • ISBN: 9781476624525
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
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  • Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: William Lloyd Garrison and the birth of American abolitionism in history and popular culture -- The construction and evolution of Garrisonian narratives of abolitionist sacrifice in antebellum America, 1834-1857 -- Commemorating Garrison: origins of the Garrison revival in post-bellum American memory, 1867-1910 -- "For future generations": Garrison's children, Massachusetts educational reform and the institutionalization of the Garrison narrative in Boston schools, 1880-1922 -- Ross Lockridge's Raintree County: American abolitionism as epic origin narrative -- Epilogue: William Lloyd Garrison in the mid-20th century.
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Subject: Garrison, William Lloyd -- 1805-1879
Garrison, William Lloyd -- 1805-1879 -- Influence
Garrison, William Lloyd -- 1805-1879 -- In literature
Garrison, William Lloyd -- 1805-1879
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography
Mouvements antiesclavagistes -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Abolitionnistes -- États-Unis -- Biographies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature
United States
Genre: electronic book > ebook
Biographies
History

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