Entanglement is certain : 1848 and the challenge to American slavery -- A firm phalanx of iron souls : free men on Texas soil -- The only freedom-loving people of this city : exiles and emanicpators in Cincinnati -- Why continue to be the humble maid? : a transnational abolitionist sisterhood -- Let us break every yoke : Boston's radical democracies -- A revolution half accomplished : building nations, forgetting emancipation
Summary
Annotation Mischa Honeck offers a fresh appraisal of the role of exiled European revolutionaries in the abolitionist movement by probing their relationship with America's abolitionists. Honeck details how individuals from both camps joined forces in the long, dangerous battle to overthrow slavery
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-230) and index