Making slavery history: abolitionism and the politics of memory in massachusetts

Examining how memory both catalyzes and curtails social change, this book concerns how commemorative culture shaped antislavery politics in early national Massachusetts. Abolitionists drew on their state's Revolutionary heritage to mobilize opposition to Southern slavery, but black and white activists divergedin terms of how they idealized black historical agency. INDICE: Prologue: Two Bodies; Introduction: Who Makes History?; 1.: Facts and Opinions; 2.: Heroes and Paupers; 3.: : Movements and Monuments; 4.: Tea and Memory; 5.: : Fugitives and Soldiers; Epilogue: Fishbones; Abbreviations; Notes; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-537937-2
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 28/10/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés