All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery
by Henry Mayer
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The author "demonstrates how Garrison inspired two generations of activists--female and male, black and white--to build a social movement that challenged the dominant assumptions of white supremacy and forced change upon a reluctant majority."--Jacket.Tags
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Henry Mayer, who lives in Berkeley, California, he reviews for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times Book Review, among other publications.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1998
- People/Characters
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Important places
- USA
- Important events
- Abolitionist Movement (U.S. history)
- Disambiguation notice
- Full title (1998): All on fire : William Lloyd Garrison and the abolition of slavery / Henry Mayer
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 973.7 — History & geography History of North America United States Civil War Era (1857-1865)
- LCC
- E449 .G25 .M39 — History of the United States United States Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861 Slavery in the United States. Antislavery
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 1
