RT Book
T1 Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence
T2 America in the Nineteenth Century Ser
A1 Jackson, Kellie Carter
LA English
PP Philadelphia
PB University of Pennsylvania Press
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1067004890
AB In Force and Freedom, Kellie Carter Jackson provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on the tactical use of violence among antebellum black activists. Through tactical violence, argues Carter Jackson, abolitionist leaders created the conditions that necessitated the Civil War
AB Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction. The Philosophy of Force -- Chapter 1. Forcing Freedom: The Limits of Moral Suasion -- Chapter 2. Fight, Flight, and Fugitives: The Fugitive Slave Law and Violence -- Chapter 3. From Prayers to Pistols: The Struggle for Progress -- Chapter 4. Black Leadership: The Silenced Partners of Harpers Ferry -- Chapter 5. A Carbonari Wanted: Violence, Emigration, and the Eve of the Civil War -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
OP 184
CN 326/.8092
SN 9780812295870
K1 African American abolitionists-History-19th century
K1 Antislavery movements-United States-History-19th century
K1 Violence-Political aspects-United States-History-19th century
K1 Political violence-United States-History-19th century
K1 Electronic books
K1 USA : Schwarze : Abolitionismus : Gewalt : Geschichte 1830-1861