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by Jean Fagan Yellin (Editor); John C. Van Horne (Editor)


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A small group of black and white American women who banded together in the 1830s and 1840s to remedy the evils of slavery and racism, the "antislavery females" included many who ultimately struggled for equal rights for women as well. Organizing fundraising fairs, writing pamphlets and giftbooks, circulating petitions, even speaking before "promiscuous" audiences including men and women--the antislavery women energetically created a diverse and dynamic political culture. A lively exploration of this nineteenth-century reform movement, The Abolitionist Sisterhood includes chapters on the principal female antislavery societies, discussions of black women's political culture in the antebellum North, articles on the strategies and tactics the antislavery women devised, a pictorial essay presenting rare graphics from both sides of abolitionist debates, and a final chapter comparing the experiences of the American and British women who attended the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.

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In 1976 when Amy Swerdlow presented her paper "Abolition's Conservative Sisters: The Ladies' New York City Anti-Slavery Societies, 1834-1840," few studies of the abolitionist campaign focused on the contributions of women.

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  • Title The Abolitionist Sisterhood: Women's Political Culture in Antebellum America
  • Author Jean Fagan Yellin (Editor); John C. Van Horne (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First edition
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1994-06-21
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780801480119 / 0801480116
  • Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.39 x 0.9 in (23.50 x 16.23 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Library of Congress subjects Women in politics - United States - History, Women abolitionists - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93042427
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.049

About the author

Jean Fagan Yellin is Distinguished Professor of English at Pace University. Her previous books include Women and Sisters: The Antislavery Feminists in American Culture. John C. Van Horne is Librarian of The Library Company of Philadelphia. He is the editor of The Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

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