Cover of The Abolitionist Legacy

Book 1976

The Abolitionist Legacy

3 readers

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Language
English
Published
1976
  • Human rights
  • Slavery & emancipation
  • Social history
  • History
  • History - General History
  • United States - 19th Century
  • USA
  • General

Tracing the activities of nearly 300 abolitionists and their descendants, this title 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.