Abolitionists and the South, 1831-1861

Within the American antislavery movement, abolitionists were distinct from others in the movement in advocating, on the basis of moral principle, the immediate emancipation of slaves and equal rights for black people. Instead of focusing on the "e;immediatists"e; as products of northern culture, as many previous historians have done, Stanley Harrold examines their involvement with antislavery acti...