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The Abolitionist Legacy
by James M. McPherson
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Princeton University Press (1976-02-01)
ISBN: 069110039X
EAN: 9780691100395
Dewy Decimal #: 322.440973
Paperback: 456 pages
Edition: 2
SKU: 071105003
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: This copy is in excellent condition. No visible markings, highlights, underlining, tears. Tight text and spine. No dust jacket. Soft Cover is clean with a pen line to front cover edge and tiny scratches to front/back cover. Light shelf/edge wear. This is a remarkable copy worth having at an affordable price. (L 2)
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Product Description
Building on arguments presented in The Struggle for Equality, James McPherson shows that many abolitionists did not retreat from Reconstruction, as historical accounts frequently lead us to believe, but instead vigorously continued the battle for black rights long after the Civil War. Tracing the activities of nearly 300 abolitionists and their descendants, he reveals that some played a crucial role in the establishment of schools and colleges for southern blacks, while others formed the vanguard of liberals who founded the NAACP in 1910. The author's examination of the complex and unhappy fate of Reconstruction clarifies the uneasy partnership of northern and southern white liberals after 1870, the tensions between black activists and white neo-abolitionists, the evolution of resistance to racist ideologies, and the origins of the NAACP.
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