Gregarious Saints: Self and Community in Antebellum American Abolitionism, 1830 1870

This book, originally published in 1982, is an examination of antebellum abolitionism in the United States. Professor Friedman studies the abolitionists as individuals, delving into the psychology, sociology and group dynamics of the movement. He examines those 'immediatists' who, in contrast to gradualist circles of antislavery opinion, refused, as they saw it, to temporise with evil. He also explores the differences between the Boston and New York groups, assesses the role of the movement in the coming of the Civil War and develops an original view of feminist abolitionism.

Author: Lawrence Jacob Friedman,Friedman Lawrence J.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/01/1982
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780521270151

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