| An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans Contributor(s): Child, Lydia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558490078 ISBN-13: 9781558490079 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $27.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: "The Appeal was one of the most important early manifestoes of the militant phase of Garrisonian abolitionism. It is also an important event in the history of feminism, because it helped launch women into the public sphere. Carolyn Karcher is the ideal scholar to write the introduction". -- James M. McPherson, Princeton University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 95-21667 |
| Lexile Measure: 1270 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.04" W x 8.76" (0.92 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Published in Boston in 1833, Lydia Maria Child's Appeal provided the abolitionist movement with its first full-scale analysis of race and slavery. Indeed, so comprehensive was its scope, surveying the institution from historical, political, economic, legal, racial, and moral perspectives, that no other antislavery writer ever attempted to duplicate Child's achievement. The Appeal not only denounced slavery in the South but condemned racial prejudice in the free North and refuted racist ideology as a whole. Child's treatise anticipated twentieth-century inquiries into the African origins of European and American culture as well as current arguments against school and job discrimination based on race. This new edition--the first oriented toward the classroom--is enhanced by Carolyn L. Karcher's illuminating introduction. Included is a chronology of Child's life and a list of books for further reading. |