the abolitionists

by Rene Tyree on February 20, 2009

Brown, John (1800 – 1859)

Radical abolitionist, the most notorious abolitionist
May, 1856 – killed five pro-slavery southerners in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre – a catalyst event in American history.
December 2, 1856 – executed on the gallows
Martyred to some
More important dead than alive
Steven Vincent Bennett – John Brown’s Body

Works about John Brown

Douglass, Frederick (1818 – 1885)

An escaped slave.
Arguably the best orator of the 19th century.
Largely self educated, became an eloquent writer.
Publisher of the antislavery paper, North Star

Works by Frederick Douglass

Works about Frederick Douglass

Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803 – 1882)

For the complete works of Emerson, see RalphWaldoEmerson.org here.

Garrison, William Lloyd (1805 – 1879)

Beecher Stowe, Harriett (1811 – 1896)

Works by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A complete listing can be found here.

For more information

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Marilyn Marme November 1, 2009 at 7:16 pm: Just wondering. Are there any books or sources about Southern abolitionists?

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2 Rene Tyree March 11, 2009 at 8:00 pm: Marc,

Thanks! Great list!

Rene

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3 Marc Ferguson March 9, 2009 at 4:31 pm: FYI, here is a partial list covering various aspects of antislavery and abolition:

Bruce Laurie, _Beyond Garrison_

Paul Goodman, _Of One Blood: Abolitionism and the Origins of Racial Inequality_

Henry mayer, _All On Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery_

Thomas O. Morris, _Free Men All: The Personal Liberty Laws of the North, 1780-1861_

Fergus Bordewich, _Bound for Canaan_

William Lee Miller, _Arguing About Slavery_

David S. Reynolds, _John Brown: Abolitionist_

Leonard L. Richards, _Gentlemen of Property and Standing: Anti-Abolitionist Mobs_

Leonard L. Richards, _The Slave Power_

Milton C. Sennett, _Abolition’s Axe: Beriah Green, the Oneida Institute, and the Black Freedom Struggle_

Benjamin Quarles, _Black Abolitionists_

Alfred Von Frank, _The Trials of Anthony Burns: Freedom and Slavery in Emerson’s Boston_

Joanne Pope Melish, _Disowning Slavery_

Gary M. Collison, _Shadrach Minkins: From Fugitive Slave to Citizen_

William McFeely, _Frederick Douglass_

James Brewer Stewart, _Abolitionist Politics and the Coming of the Civil War_

David Blight, ed., _Passages to Freedom_

James and Lois Horton, _Black Bostonians: Family Life and Community Struggle in the Antebellum North_

Julie Roy Jeffrey, _The Great Silent Army of Abolitionism: Ordinary Women in the Abolition Movement_

Gerda Lerner, _The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina_

Mark Perry, _Lift Up Thy Voice: The Grimke Family’s Journey From Slaveholders to Civil Rights Leaders_

Christopher Clark, _The Communitarian Moment: The Radical Challenge of the Northampton Association_

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4 Rene Tyree November 1, 2009 at 7:37 pm: Hi Marilyn,
Thanks for your question. I’m sure I’m barely scratching the surface but let me get you started with a couple.

There is is a good review on H-Net of Stanley Harrold’s, The Abolitionists and the South, 1831-1861. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1995 ( ISBN 978-0-8131-1906-9).
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=134

Also, The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina: Pioneers for Woman’s Rights and Abolition by Gerda Lerner
New York Oxford OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1998.

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