An Alternative Tradition of Radicalism African American Abolitionists and the Metaphor of Revolution

In recent years, the study of black abolitionism in the United States has come of age. Building on the foundational work of Benjamin Quarles and earlier black historians, scholars have drawn attention to the crucial role of African Americans in the rise of the antebellum abolition movement with its...

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Published in	Contested Democracy p. 9
Main Author	MANISHA SINHA
Format	Book Chapter
Language	English
Published	Columbia University Press 18.09.2007
Subjects	Abolition Abolitionism African Americans Age of Revolution American minorities American Revolution American studies Anthropology Behavioral sciences Communications Ethnic groups Ethnography Ethnology Formal speech Historical periods History History of the Americas Jurisprudence Law Liberalism Modern Era North American history Oratory Philosophy of law Political change Political ideologies Political movements Political philosophy Political processes Political revolutions Political science Political sociology Politics Radicalism Slave trade Slavery Social organization Social sciences Sociology Speech United States history
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Summary:	In recent years, the study of black abolitionism in the United States has come of age. Building on the foundational work of Benjamin Quarles and earlier black historians, scholars have drawn attention to the crucial role of African Americans in the rise of the antebellum abolition movement with its emphasis on immediatism and black rights.¹ We now know in detail the wide array of ideological weapons employed by African American abolitionists in their battle against slavery and racism: the ideas of racial uplift and moral reform, the languages of black nationalism and religious millennialism, the black response to the pseudoscience