The History of American Abolitionism (1787-1861)

The History of American Abolitionism (1787-1861)
Author: Felix Gregory De Fontaine
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2018-02-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 8026883349

History of American abolitionism; its four great epochs, embracing narratives of the ordinance of 1787, compromise of 1820, annexation of Texas, Mexican war, Wilmot proviso, insurrections of slaves, abolition riots, slave rescues, compromise of 1850, Kansas bill of 1854, John Brown insurrection, 1859, valuable statistics, together with a history of the southern confederacy.

History of American Abolitionism

History of American Abolitionism
Author: Felix Gregory De Fontaine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 78
Release: 1861
Genre: Antislavery movements
ISBN:

A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and for spoiling chances for gradual emancipation in the South. He also gives basic facts and figures on the initial six states of the southern confederacy, including biographies of Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stevens and the slave and free populations of these states.

The African Slave Trade and Its Suppression

The African Slave Trade and Its Suppression
Author: Peter Hogg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317792351

A comprehensive bibliography dealing specifically with African slave trade. This volume has been sub-classified for easier consultation and the compiler has provided, where possible, descriptions and comments on the works listed.

Voices of the African American Experience

Voices of the African American Experience
Author: Lionel C. Bascom
Publisher: Greenwood
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN:

From early accounts of free blacks in the Colonies to slave narratives recorded by Works Progress Administration employees in the 1930s to a recent speech by Senator Barack Obama, this collection offers a primary documents from and concerning African Americans. Examples include speeches, articles, mission statements, ephemera, testimony, letters, sermons, prayers, spirituals/songs, slave narratives, memoirs, essays, interviews, and more.