"Between 1790 and the civil war, New Bedford, Massachusetts, became known not only as the whaling capital of the world but also as one of the greatest havens for fugitive slaves. As many as 700 of the city's black residents were said to be fugitives. Among those who found asylum…
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"Between 1790 and the civil war, New Bedford, Massachusetts, became known not only as the whaling capital of the world but also as one of the greatest havens for fugitive slaves. As many as 700 of the city's black residents were said to be fugitives. Among those who found asylum…
"This book explores the limits of religious dissent in antebellum America, and reminds us of the difficulties facing reformers who tried to end slavery through peaceful protest."--Jacket.
In the years before the Civil War, the Society of Friends opposed the abolitionist campaign for an immediate end to slavery and considered abolitionists within the church as heterodox radicals seeking to destroy civil and religious liberty. This work reminds us of the difficulti…
Profiles the life of former slave and anti-slavery leader Sojourner Truth.
Born into slavery in Ulster County, New York, in 1797, the woman named Isabella escaped to freedom in 1826 and adopted the name Sojourner Truth in 1843. Throughout her long life, she was a tireless crusader for human dignity and freedom. How did this illiterate former slave over…
