To Raise Up a Nation John Brown Frederick Douglass and the Making of a Free Country by William S King
Brand: Westholme Publishing
Product Description
A Choice Academic Book of the Year The Sweeping Story of the Men and Women Who Fought to End Slavery in America Drawing on decades of research and demonstrating remarkable command of a great range of primary sources William S. King has written an important history of African Americans own contributions and points of crossracial cooperation to end slavery in America. Beginning with the civil war along the border of Kansas and Missouri the author traces the life of John Brown and the personal support for his ideas from elite New England businessmen intellectuals such as Emerson and Thoreau and African Americans including his confidant Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman. Throughout King links events that contributed to the growing antipathy in the North toward slavery and the Souths concerns for its future including Nat Turners insurrection the Amistad affair the Fugitive Slave law the KansasNebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision. The author also effectively describes the debate within the African American community as to whether the U.S. Constitution was colorblind or if emigration was the right course for the future of blacks in America. Following Browns execution after the failed raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 King shows how Browns vision that only a clash of arms would eradicate slavery was set into motion after the election of Abraham Lincoln. Once the Civil War erupted on the heels of Browns raid the author relates how black leaders white legislators and military officers vigorously discussed the use of black manpower for the Union effort as well as plans for the liberation of the veritable Africa within the southern United States. Following the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1863 recruitment of black soldiers increased and by wars end they made up nearly ten percent of the Union army and contributed to many important victories. To Raise Up a Nation John Brown Frederick Douglass and the Making of a Free Country is a sweeping history that explains how the destruction of American slavery was not directed primarily from the counsels of local and national government and military men but rather through the grassroots efforts of extraordinary men and women. As King notes the Lincoln administration ultimately armed black Americans as John Brown had attempted to do and their role was a vital part in the defeat of slavery. show more
Condition : New
Author : William S King
Weight : 1044.29
Publisher : Westholme Publishing
Language : English
EAN : 9781594163715
ISBN10 : 1594163715
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20210910
Place of Publication : NA
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 152 X 229 X 56mm