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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A well-researched, compelling argument that draws attention to significance of the use of force, physical and rhetorical, by blacks of the antebellum era in opposition to slavery. Jackson correctly concludes that the strategy of moral suasion by the Garrisonian's was not only ineffective but also dismissive of the underlying issue of the social and civic inequality of blacks widely held by white Americans in the era (and sadly beyond). The impact of the Fugitive Slave Law, the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision on the emergence of violent resistance are cogently posited by the author. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"In Force and Freedom, Kellie Carter Jackson provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on the tactical use of violence among antebellum black activists. Through rousing public speeches, the bourgeoning black press, and the formation of militia groups, black abolitionist leaders mobilized their communities, compelled national action, and drew international attention. Drawing on the precedent and pathos of the American and Haitian Revolutions, African American abolitionists used violence as a political language and a means of provoking social change. Through tactical violence, argues Carter Jackson, black abolitionist leaders accomplished what white nonviolent abolitionists could not: creating the conditions that necessitated the Civil War. Force and Freedom takes readers beyond the honorable politics of moral suasion and the romanticism of the Underground Railroad and into an exploration of the agonizing decisions, strategies, and actions of the black abolitionists who, though lacking an official political voice, were nevertheless responsible for instigating monumental social and political change."--Publisher's web-site. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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