CiNii Books - Courage and conscience : black & white abolitionists in Boston

"Written by first-rate scholars, these 10 essays give focus to the antislavery movement in Boston, particularly to the significance of African American abolitionists." -Choice " . . . handsome, lavishly illustrated, and informative . . . " -The New England Quarterly " . . . this work is a thoughtful, long overdue discourse on individual and group accomplishments. It is replete with absorbing illustrations, which when accompanied by insightful essays, depict the courage of those who labored for equality in antebellum Boston." -Journal of the Early Republic Until recently little was known of the contributions of African Americans in the antebellum abolition movement. Massachusetts, having granted voting rights early on to black males, was a center of antislavery agitation. Courage and Conscience documents the black activism in 19th-century Boston that was critical to the success of the abolitionist cause.

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Foreword by John Hope Franklin Preface Editor's Preface One David Walker and William Lloyd Garrison: Racial Cooperation and the Shaping of Boston Abolition Donald M. Jacobs Two Abolitionism and the Nature of Antebellum Reform William E. Gienapp Three The Art of the Antislavery Movement Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. Four Massachusetts Abolitionists Document the Slave Experience Robert L. Hall Five Boston, Abolition, and the Atlantic World, 1820-1861 James Brewer Stewart Six The Affirmation of Manhood: Black Garrisonians in Antebellum Boston James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton Seven The Black Presence in the West End of Boston, 1800-1864: A Demographic Map Adelaide M. Cromwell Eight Boston's Black Churches: Institutional Centers of the Antislavery Movement Roy E. Finkenbine Nine "What If I Am a Woman?" Maria W. Stewart's Defense of Black Women's Political Activism Marilyn Richardson Ten Integration versus Separatism: William Cooper Nell's Role in the Struggle for Equality Dorothy Porter Wesley Appendixes Bibliography Contributors Index 34444

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"Courage and Conscience" documents the biracial cooperation that helped shape the enlightened racial situation of nineteenth-century Boston. Until recently little was known of the contributions and participation of African Americans in the antebellum abolition movement. In the past, Blacks were portrayed as pawns manipulated by great social reformers such as William Lloyd Garrison. Recent research, however, has revealed an impressive level of African American participation in cities of the North, particularly in Boston, one of the centers of antislavery agitation. Very early in the history of the United States, Massachusetts had granted full voting rights to African American males, who in other states were subject to various property qualifications. This situation, combined with the reformist zeal of many Bostonians, led to the evolution of a militant abolitionist community. In this atmosphere, Black activist David Walker could galvanize his community and cause white reformers such as Garrison to realize that Black activism was critical to the success of the abolitionist cause. Walker, Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Maria W. Stewart, and others negotiated racial and cultural differences to form a coalition that would eventually influence national policy and sway public sentiment. The contents include: "David Walker and William Lloyd Garrison: Racial Cooperation and the Shaping of Boston Abolition" by Donald M. Jacobs; "Abolitionism and the Nature of Antebellum Reform" by William E. Gienapp; "The Art of the Antislavery Movement," by Bernard F. Reilly, Jr.; "Massachusetts Abolitionists Document the Slave Experience" by Robert L. Hall; "Boston, Abolition, and the Atlantic World, 1820-1861" by James Brewer Stewart; "The Affirmation of Manhood: Black Garrisonians in Antebellum Boston" by James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton; "The Black Presence in the West End of Boston, 1800ETH1864: A Demographic Map" by Adelaide M. Cromwell; "Boston's Black Churches: Institutional Centers of the Antislavery Movement" by Roy E. Finkenbine; "What If I Am a Woman?" Maria W. Stewart's Defense of Black Women's Political Activism" by Marilyn Richardson; and, "Integration versus Separatism: William Cooper Nell's Role in the Struggle for Equality" by Dorothy Porter Wesley.

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Foreword by John Hope Franklin Preface EditorOs Preface One David Walker and William Lloyd Garrison: Racial Cooperation and the Shaping of Boston Abolition Donald M. Jacobs Two Abolitionism and the Nature of Antebellum Reform William E. Gienapp Three The Art of the Antislavery Movement Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. Four Massachusetts Abolitionists Document the Slave Experience Robert L. Hall Five Boston, Abolition, and the Atlantic World, 1820-1861 James Brewer Stewart Six The Affirmation of Manhood: Black Garrisonians in Antebellum Boston James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton Seven The Black Presence in the West End of Boston, 1800-1864: A Demographic Map Adelaide M. Cromwell Eight BostonOs Black Churches: Institutional Centers of the Antislavery Movement Roy E. Finkenbine Nine OWhat If I Am a Woman?O Maria W. StewartOs Defense of Black WomenOs Political Activism Marilyn Richardson Ten Integration versus Separatism: William Cooper NellOs Role in the Struggle for Equality Dorothy Porter Wesley Appendixes Bibliography Contributors Index 34444

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